"나는 재미있는 게 있어."

Translation: I have something interesting.

[LiKenun]

• 나는: I (subject)
• 재미있는: interesting
• 게: thing (object)
• 있어: have

게 is a contraction of 것이.

[jiraiya1601]

I always see your comments and your breakdowns are a lifesaver. Thank you!

[ph.3I0cRh]

Oh thanks

[maddycz]

I have an interesting crab!

[LiKenun]

That would be “나는 재미있는 게가 있어.”

[Transparentium]

True, but particles are often dropped, so it's an easy mistake to make.

[Autumn-Chills]

That's what I thought it was saying lol

[KanKanMikan]

• 그개=그것이
• 이건=이것은
• 걸=것을
• 게=것이

ok maybe Korean is not that easy.....

[ElielF4]

Maybe Korean is like portuguese, but written

[bella_isabella0]

Girl, just run.

[Alequeue]

•이것이, 그것이, 저것이, 것이 + informal = 이게, 그게, 저게, 게, no needs to add other particle.

•이것을, 그것을, 저것을, 것을 + informal = 이걸, 그걸, 저걸, 걸, no needs to add other particle.

That's what I understand.

[ElielF4]

Perfect explanation!

[ElielF4]

"There's a flying interesting crab"

Namjoon: ok, tell me more

[nemojo2]

Kids don't fall for an ajussi saying this

[Idea_Dynamo]

This is a trap.

[Sanjana0901]

It's good to know i wasn't the only one who wrote 'i have an interesting crab'

[vionysus]

게 means interesting?

[Demonym281]

재미있다 means interesting. 게 must mean 'thing' in casual speech I guess

[hyangiixi]

게 is a contraction of 것이

[Pentham]

I wrote 'I have a funny crab'.
sigh

[iad58g]

Why is ‘I have an interesting one’ considered wrong?

[hyangiixi]

Because there's actually no "one" in the sentence, it's 게, which means thing/something. "I have an interesting one" is incorrect, as that would be something like "나는 재미있는 한 개 있어." (I could be mistaken, but I hope that was helpful)

[viswarkarman]

Duo already translated 게 to "one" in a previous exercise.

[iad58g]

In English one has a much wider range of meanings than the numeral 1 tends to have in languages: for instance, it can be an impersonal pronoun, as in ‘Everybody was given a book; most found them boring, but I have an interesting one’. I don't think 한 개 would be used in this context, and I'm wondering if 게 might. (I think Japanese would use の, which is very similar.)

[Roro39588]

hahah i wrote i have an interesting crab

[Alequeue]

Did they drop the 가/이? Would it be correct 나는 재미있는 게가 있어? If not, why?
Will the context tell the difference between "I have an interesting thing" or "I have an interesting crab"?

[iad58g]

The 이 has not been lost; 게 is a contraction of 것이, as stated in a comment of two years ago on this page, therefore 나는 재미있는 게 있어 is the same as 나는 재미있는 것이 있어 ‘I have an interesting (some)thing’. There's no room for adding another 가/이.

[OJw6hVxV-Mike]

I keep translating this sentence to English as "I have the interesting thing", and I know it's awkward in English, but without articles saying whether it is a specific thing or a general thing that I have, if I had been talking to someone about a specific interesting thing and followed it up with this sentence in Korean, 'oh and I have the interesting thing we've been talking about', how would the Korean be different than "나는 재미있는 게 있어"? (I'm hoping an explanation will prevent me from mistranslating this yet again!)