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이것: Vocabulary #636

2026-03-19
2026-05-31

Example Sentences#

  1. 이것을 사물의 변화라고 합니다.1
    This is called the transformation of things.
    • 이것 is a compound word formed from 이, a demonstrative determiner meaning ‘this’, and 것, a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, together meaning ‘this’ or ‘this thing’.
    • 을 is an object marker that identifies the noun as the target directly affected by an action.
  2. 이게 내가 택한 자유니까2
    Because this is the freedom I chose.
    • 이게 is a contraction of 이것이, where 이 is a demonstrative determiner meaning ‘this’, 것 is a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, and 이 is a subject marker that identifies the noun as the entity that performs an action or is in a particular state.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from The Butterfly Dream Story. ↩

  2. Sentence from The Red Ribbon. ↩

이것: Vocabulary #636
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Published at
2026-03-19
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