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그것

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Korean

Etymology

Univerbation of (geu, that) + (geot, thing).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɯɡʌ̹t̚]
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  • Phonetic hangul: []
More information Romanizations, Revised Romanization? ...

Pronoun

그것 (geugeot)

  1. that (thing near the listener)
    그것은 펜이 아니야. 그것은 책이야.
    geugeoseun peni aniya. geugeoseun chaegiya.
    It is not a pen. It is a book.
    Original English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  2. that (thing that has already been mentioned)

Usage notes

그것 (geugeot) can contract to 그거 (geugeo). Thus, 그것 (geugeoseun) can contract to 그건 (geugeon), 그것 (geugeosi) to 그게 (geuge), 그것 (geugeoseul) to 그걸 (geugeol), and 그것으로 (geugeoseuro) to 그걸로 (geugeollo).

그걸 생각 못했네.
geugeol saenggak mothaenne.
I didn't think about that.

See also

More information Determiner, 이 (i) ...

1 Not common.

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