"What kind of place is this?"

Translation: 이 곳은 어떤 곳이에요?

[imzo]

So does this basically mean "This place is what kind of place"?

[marcoswatahell]

Yeah something like "as for this place, what kind of place is it?"

[tessabanessa]

It literally means that yes but their translation sounds more natural

[Kou_lng]

What's the difference between 장소 and 곳?

[l3arn1ng04]

I know this question is 2 months old but i just thought i should comment on this. I learned in a TTMIK (Talk To Me In Korean) video that (jangso) is a more formal way of saying place and also it has the meaning of a venue of an event. So where something takes place, while (gos) just means place. hope this helps. and sorry for the terrible romanization i don't have Korean on my keyboard.

[HengSiKai]

They are the same; they both mean "place". 장소 is of Chinese origin whereas 곳 is a native Korean word, so 장소 might be a little bit more formal, but I think they're both okay in most contexts.

[GiovanniSantucci]

I never seem to get this one right. Is 곳입니까 wrong in place of 곳이에요?

[oee16]

Don't think it's wrong. I have flagged it for attention.

[Donnabelle626054]

can i say "이 곳은 어떤 곳입니까?"

[actuallySIG]

Why is it wrong to say: "이 곳은 어떻습니까?"

[Dario487013]

I think yours is "How is this place?" Which sort of means the same thing, but is not a direct translation. Like you might receive the same answer, but the question isn't exactly the same one.

[JCVPP]

This place, What kind of place is this?

[huffletuff]

does "이것은 어떤 곳이에요?" make sense or is the translation given better?