그
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Syllable
그 (transliterations: Revised geu, Yale ku)
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Etymology 2
Of native Korean origin.
[edit] Determiner
그 (geu)
- (demonstrative) that (of what has been already said or known)
[edit] Usage notes
그 (geu) is used for items closer to the listener than to the speaker, and 저 (jeo) is used for items far from both the speaker and the listener
[edit] Derived terms
- 그것 (geugeot, “that thing”)
- 그곳 (geugot, “that place”)
- 그때 (geuttae, “that moment”)
- 그대로 (geudaero, “like that”)
- 그렇다 (geureotta, “to be that way”)
[edit] See also
[edit] Pronoun
그 (geu)
- (demonstrative) that (of what has been already said or known) (see 그것 (geugeot, “that thing”))
- he; she
[edit] Usage notes
그녀 (geunyeo, “she”) is an explicitly feminine third-person pronoun.
[edit] Synonyms
- (demonstrative, that): 저 (jeo)
[edit] Antonyms
- (demonstrative, this): 이 (i)