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- "That is a dog."
"That is a dog."
Translation:저것은 개입니다.
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Particles, dipthongs, and word + 니다 changes are driving me to start over, to redo all from website. Because website explains grammar and app does not.
really, 저것은 isnt needed but the 것 signifies that its a thing. if it were translated correctly it would be "that thing over there is a dog"
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n English, we can use "this" and "that" alone as a noun (that is big) and to describe nouns (that thing is big).
In Korean, 이, 그, and 저 can't be used alone and must describe a noun.
It is a subject particle. 은 after a consonant and 는 after a vowel. There is also the 이/가 pair, which has basically the same role but is used when one wants to emphasize on the subject or when the subject of the sentence is a new information.
We really do not have that much context to determine whether to use 저 or 그, isnt it all about seeing for yourself how far the object is from you or the person you are talking to?
I don't understand why this is incorrect. I doesn't say,..that is a dog over there. So why do we use 저.
Besides the whole "over there" thing, proximity is also a factor. So I would assume whatever "that" the speaker is referencing is perhaps across the room, or the speaker and whoever he/she is speaking to is in a car and the dog is not.
It is the same endinf we have been seeinf 은(는). The emphasis/topic focus is "that" so THAT is a dog.
Why is the pronunciation of 저갓은 different than what it should be? Anyone feel that?
When you hover over "that", there are 3 options: 자것, 그것, and 그 - so could someone please explain by only the first one is accepted?
the question is that is a dog , i put that is a dog but it says it is asking for that dog over there, how can I know whch one to answer when the question is so vage?
