"A child is short."

Translation: 아이는 키가 작습니다.

[conniestar16]

What's 키가?

[SirhcH]

키 means height (of a person). 가 subject marker. When speaking of a person's height in Korean, you always pair 키가 + adjective. 키가 작합나다 / 키가 큽니다.

[fufin]

I don't understand this sentence. It says the translation of is short is 잛아요 but the right answer is 키가 작습니다?

[sweetlighthouse]

짧다 only use for object, cannot be used for peoples height

[ClassiDuo]

So, the literal translation for this is "As for the child, his/her height is small'?

[josueetcom]

Basically, though more literally the "his/her" part is not there but implied

[RobertEric5]

Height

[iyoyo]

Why is there -는, if the sentence says "a child", not "the child"? I thought there should be "아이가" in that case...

[Bhoomi787678]

in korean there is no use of any articles 'neun' and 'ga' are particles not articles in korean

[_.daisy__]

I put 짧습니다 why it's incorrect ? :(

[hK371YHX]

Can we say this without 키가 ?

[CuppaTae]

I dont believe so, when talking about someones hight you need to put 키가 its like a subject marker i suppose

[yangchaeri]

I left it out and the sentence was marked as correct

[Bhoomi787678]

same with me