Korean possessive pronoun marker: 의 것

 

Korean possessive pronoun marker: 의 것

 

If you add 의 것(것means “thing/stuff” so, for instance, 저의 것 = my thing) to a subject (regardless of the consonant or vowel ending), the phrase changes to take on the possessive pronoun form.

 

 

Exercise 1) Add the possessive pronoun maker 의 것 after the subject pronouns, regardless of the consonant or vowel ending subject pronouns in the table below.

 

Possessive Pronoun

Polite form

Casual form

Mine

Yours (Singular)

당신

His

Hers

그녀

그녀

Ours

저희

우리

Yours (Plural)

당신들

너희

Theirs

그들

그들

Whose (who 누구)

누구

누구

 

 

  • 저의 can be shortened to . (meaning “my”)

Ex) 저의 것 = 제 것 mine

 

  • 나의 can be shortened to . (meaning “my”)

Ex) 나의 것 = 내 것 mine

 

  • 의 꺼 (Colloquial Style/ Spoken language) 

Ex) 내 꺼 (meaning “mine”) 제 꺼 (meaning “mine”)

 

 

Making sentences)

 

 

꽃은                 제 것             이에요.

The flower             mine                is

 

 

가방은            그녀의 것          이에요.

This bag                 hers                is

 

 

집은                그들의 것           이에요.

That house             theirs                 is

 

 

  • Since we don’t take into account plural and singular forms:

- The demonstrative pronoun 그 means “the”

- The demonstrative pronoun이 means both “this” and  “these”.

- The demonstrative pronoun저 means both “that” and  “those”.

 

 

1) Q. 그 꽃은 누구의 것이에요? Whose is the flower?

 

    A. 그 꽃은 제 것이에요. The flower is mine.

 

2) Q. 이 가방은 누구의 것이에요? Whose is this bag?

 

    A. 이 가방은 그녀의 것이에요. This bag is hers.

 

3) Q. 저 집은 누구의 것이에요? Whose is that house?

 

    A. 저 집은 그들의 것이에요. That house is theirs.

 

 

 

  • Demonstrative pronouns

- 그것 means “it”

- 이것 means both “this” and “these”

- 저것 means “that” and  “those”

 

  • In a spoken language, we say그거(=그것), 이거(=이것), and 저거(=저것).

1) Q. 그것은 누구의 것이에요? Whose is it?

 

    Q. 그것은 누구의 책이에요? Whose book is it?

 

    A. 그 책은 그의 것이에요. The book is his.

 

    A. 그것은 그의 책이에요. It is his book.

 

    A. 그것은 그의 것이에요. It is his.

 

 

 

2) Q. 이것은 누구의 것이에요? Whose is this?

 

    Q. 이것은 누구의 연필이에요? Whose pencil is this?

 

    A. 이 연필은 제 것이에요. This pencil is mine.

 

    A. 이것은 제 연필이에요. This is my pencil.

 

    A. 이것은 제 것이에요. This is mine.

 

 

 

3) Q. 저것은 누구의 것이에요? Whose is that?

 

    Q. 저것은 누구의 가방이에요? Whose bag is that?

 

    A. 저 가방은 그녀의 것이에요. That bag is hers.

 

    A. 저것은 그녀의 가방이에요. That is her bag.

 

    A. 저것은 그녀의 것이에요. That is hers.

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise 2) Translate them into Korean

 

1. This wallet is his. (this wallet 이 지갑)  

 

이 지갑은                                                                                                             .

 

 

This is his wallet. (이것은 his wallet이에요)

 

이것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

2. That car is my mother’s. (that car 저 자동차)

 

저 자동차는                                                                                                          .

 

That is my mother’s car. (저것은 my mother’s car이에요)

 

저것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

 

3. The book is hers. (the book 그 책)

 

그 책은                                                                                                                 .

 

It is her book. (그것은 her book이에요)

 

그것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

 

4. Those pencils are ours. [those pencils 저 연필(들)]

 

저 연필()                                                                                                        .

 

Those are our pencils. (저것은 our pencils이에요)

 

저것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

 

5. This bag is mine. (this bag 이 가방)

 

이 가방은                                                                                                             .

 

This is my bag. (이것은 my bag이에요)

 

이것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

6. These pants are his. (these pants 이 바지) 

 

→  이 바지는                                                                                                            .

These are his pants. (이것은 his pants이에요)

 

이것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Those clothes are theirs. (those clothes 저 옷)

 

저 옷은                                                                                                                .

 

Those are their clothes. (저것은 their clothes이에요)

 

저것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

 

8. That TV is yours. (that TV 저 텔레비전)

 

저 텔레비전은                                                                                                       .

 

That is your Television. (저것은 your Television이에요)

 

저것은                                                                                                                 .

 

 

 

9. He is mine.

 

→                                                                                                                          .

 

 

 

10. Q Whose is this eraser? (this eraser 이 지우개, whose 누구의 것)

 

이 지우개는                                                                                                          .

     

     Q Whose eraser is this? (이것은 whose eraser이에요?)

 

이것은                                                                                                                 .

 

     A This eraser is mine.

 

→  이 지우개는                                                                                                         .