Example Sentences#

1. 체셔 고양이: “그건 네가 어디로 가고 싶은지에 달려 있어,” 고양이가 말했다.¹
   Cheshire Cat: “That depends on where you want to go,” said the cat.
   • 그 means ‘that’.
   • 건 is a contraction of 것은, where 것 means ‘thing’ and 은 is a topic marker.
2. 지수: 딱 그거야!²
   Jisoo: That’s exactly it!
   • 그거 is a contraction of 그것, where 그 means ‘that’ and 것 is a bound noun meaning ‘thing’.
   • 이다 is the verb ‘to be’, and 야 is its casual conjugated form used in informal speech.
3. 그건 간식이지.³
   That’s a snack.
   • 그 is a demonstrative pronoun meaning ‘that’.
   • 건 is a contraction of 것은, where 것 is a bound noun meaning ‘thing’ and 은 is the topic particle.
4. 체셔 고양이: “오, 넌 그걸 피할 수 없어,” 고양이가 말했다.¹
   Cheshire Cat: “Oh, you can’t avoid that,” said the cat.
   • 그 means ‘that’.
   • 걸 is a contraction of 것을, where 것 means ‘thing’ and 을 is an object marker.
5. 그건 인정하지?”¹
   You agree with that, right?”
   • 그 means ‘that’.
   • 건 is a contraction of 것은, where 것 means ‘thing’ and 은 is a topic marker.