"이것은 저쪽에 있습니다."
Translation:This is over there.
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Wouldn't something being "over there" disqualify it from being called "this"?
No because, for example you see something on your phone, a picture of a car. And you see the same car in reallife over there. So you say "this (on my phone) is overe there"
I think it is like when someone asks you where is this thing or place (like they are showing in a book or paper ,to us )
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Agreed. One aspect often missed out with the use of determiner "이". Apart from being an indicator of proximity to the speaker, "이" can also be used for reference, alluding to something still "being" experienced by the speaker.
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im getting lost on the differentiation between 이것은 저기 있습니다 and 이것은 저쪽에 있습니다 based off of the accepted translations. whats up there??
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The difference is if the subject of the sentence is the object or the object's location. So -기 always refers to a tangible object but -쪽 is a place or direction. 저기 implies "the object we were discussing is in fact the object right there," and 저쪽 implies "the object we are discussing is located there or that way."
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Looking at a list of items. Someone points at the list and says "This is over there." for one example
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Or when looking on a map and pointing to something on it saying "this" and then pointing in the real world "is over there"
Perhaps , they /we may consider that the word "thing" is not accepted cause "this" already qualifies the thing in question.
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It is the spacing between the 2 words 이 & 것 that creates the different meanings
이것 (one word) is a demonstrative pronoun = this
이•것 (2 words) [= 이, this (determiner); 것, thing(noun)] = This thing
can "this thing is on that side" also not be accepted?
also for "this is over there" why isn't it "이것은 저기에 있습니다" since 저기 means over there?
What if we dont add the subject markers while speaking? Will the sentence be wrong or acceptable?
저쪽 means roughly "that place over there"; 저 refers to something that is far from both the speaker and the listener, and 쪽 literally means "side". Nothing here implies the speaker is indicating a direction, so "that way" is not an accurate translation.
I guess it was too literal to put, "This thing is in that direction over there." （｀・ω・）ゞ
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In other sentences 저쪽 means that direction. I put "This is in that direction." It was marked wrong. Is it really wrong, or should I report that my answer should also be correct?
Would this really be acceptable to say in Korean? How can "this thing" (next to you) be "over there" (away from speaker/listener)?
Thanks guys, you open my mind. I was lost about the meaning of this is over there. But i know now
Not necessarily. Suppose you ask a sales clerk for the location of a sample item that you are holding in your hand. The sales clerk might point at the item & then point across the room while saying, "This is over there."
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여기; 거기/저기. Here; There [exact location (at a particular time) of an object in relation to positions of speaker and listener]
이쪽, 그쪽/저쪽. Over here; Over there [approximate location (at a particular time) of object in relation to positions of speaker and listener]
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It does not if you think of '이것' in terms of physical proximity.
But 이것 can also be used to refer to something although mentioned, is still very much prominent in the heart and mind of the Speaker (psychological or emotional proximity)
당신이 오늘 아침에 나에게 부탁한 이것은 저쪽에 있습니다. This (the thing) you asked me for this morning [ implying 'and I have been searching for, thinking about it since' ] is over there.
이것 can also be used as a stand-in term to refer to someone whose name the Speaker cannot remember, or does not know or a rather derogatory term referring to someone whose name the Speaker doesn't wish to mention
호랑이도 제말하면 이것은 바로 저쪽에 있습니다. Speak of the devil, (s)he's right over there.