Example Sentences#

1. 앨리스: “여기서 어느 쪽으로 가야 할지 말씀해 주시겠어요?”¹
   Alice: “Would you please tell me which way I should go from here?”
   • 여기 means ‘here’.
   • 서 is a contraction of 에서, a location particle indicating the starting point of an action, similar to ‘from’.
2. 여기 곶감이 있단다.”²
   Here’s a dried persimmon.”
   • 여기 means ‘here’.
3. “여기에는 어떤 사람들이 살고 있나요?”¹
   “What kind of people live here?”
   • 여기 means ‘here’.
   • 에 is a particle indicating location.
   • 는 is a topic marker, emphasizing the location ‘here’ in this sentence.
4. “여기 있는 우리는 모두 미쳤거든.¹
   “We’re all mad here.
   • 여기 means ‘here’.
5. 체셔 고양이: “너는 여기 왔으니까,” 고양이가 말했다.¹
   Cheshire Cat: “Because you came here,” said the cat.
   • 여기 means ‘here’.
6. “그렇지 않으면 여기에 오지 않았을 테니까.”¹
   “Otherwise, you wouldn’t have come.”
   • 여기 means ‘here’.
   • 에 is a particle indicating location.