Topic: Korean

"저 여자는 키가 이만큼 큽니다."

Translation:That woman over there is this tall.

September 12, 2017

13 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Dave2022

    TL;DR: Yes.

    Now lemme break the structure down for you. 저: Demonstrative Adjective, 여자: Woman 는: Subject Marker. 키가: height, 이만큼: This much (demonstrative adjective, again) 큽니다: is big.

    Adj. Subject. Adj. (Formed with a noun and a dem. Adj) Verb (that functions as an adjective). Since it's possible for a sentence to have no direct object, and korean's word order is SOV, this order is plausible, and it is common.

    September 12, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/RandyAlexa

      는 is the topic marker.

      September 19, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/lexiaguinaldo

        Big isn't accepted for me though, though I guess Duolingo prefers to use specific English words since big can pertain to other things while "tall" is the closest to mentioning 키.

        November 8, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/dpatkat
        Plus
        • 4

        Actually not about close in meaning.

        카기 .... 큽니다 = is tall ( big in height).

        큽니다 = is big. (big in size when written without 카기).

        January 20, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/solrock92

          Im assuming this sentence goes along with some type of hand gesture?

          September 24, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/cactuscoffeerose

            Is this kind of sentence structure common?

            September 12, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/kipeme

              이만큼 needs hand gesture

              December 19, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/Erialc7
              • 95

              Which Korean word means "over There" in this sentence?

              December 27, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/dpatkat
              Plus
              • 4

              저

              January 20, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/Jem805967

                I only forgot the word 'this' tho

                January 20, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/dpatkat
                Plus
                • 4

                이만큼 = this much (a word used as a modifier)

                이 for "this" is attached to make a compound word.

                Unlike for example 이 여자 (this man), where it must be written as a separate word.

                January 20, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/ThangLinh
                • 156

                I'm sorry but where is the phrase over there?

                February 16, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/XLtb1wp5
                • 78

                Didn't accept " That woman is this much tall"?

                April 11, 2019
                AboutDuolingo English TestMobileGearHelpGuidelinesJobsTermsPrivacy
                Learn Korean in just 5 minutes a day. For free.