Pronouns

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Korean has its own list of pronouns, but the usage is much limited and follows some usage rules. Any contextually understood sentence elements are often omitted.

First Person Pronoun 

PLAIN HUMBLE FUNCTION 나  저  singular 내   제 singular possessive 우리 저희  plural/plural possessive use of either plain or humble depends on who you are talking to use of humble form is normally collocated with honorific elements (deferential speech level endings, honorific suffix, euphimistic words, etc) 우리/저희 has a wider usage. It can also be used as the first person possessive pronoun when referring to communal possessions (eg one's family or household, school, etc)

Second Person Pronoun 

PLAIN POLITE FUNCTION 너 당신 singular 네 당신의 singular possessive 너희  당신들 plural/plural possessive there is no second person pronoun for addressing an aduld equal or senior in Korean avoid secon person pronouns when addressing a person you do not know well if unavoidable, use addressee terms as second person pronoun. When using an address term, you have to know the addressee's social status, or the relationship with you. Examples 선생님(teacher), 선배(senior), 과장님(section chief), ~씨(Mr./Ms./Mrs.)

Third Person Pronoun

strictly speaking, Korean has no third person pronoun Korean uses a demonstrative (e.g. these, this, that, those) and a noun to refer to a third person

example:
그 여자 that girl<

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namWooL17 #1
update 해주세요
aquariusxpisces
#2
Chapter 11: 네 : yes
But I noticed after that : 당신의 : belonging
So, it supposed to be : 너의
aquariusxpisces
#3
Chapter 11: 참깐만... 네 → 너의... 아니야요?
aquariusxpisces
#4
Chapter 7: Kiss? Not 키스 ?
btsnodank
#5
Hello, can I just ask, how do I improve on my grammar? Cause like I can learn words easily from hearing it on shows or TV or whatever but the grammar is something I really can't get past so yeah.... pls help 감사합니다 :)
Liannman
#6
Chapter 4: are there answers after the exercises, how would we know if we're doing it right?
bluesoulz #7
Chapter 4: I don't get how to read most of the stuff but is the English keyboard different from the Korean keyboard like if I spell 볗ㅎㅇ is it right
LinLin_09 #8
Chapter 4: I se Mark