N이/가² N이에요/예요.
‘이/가’ is used with a noun to indicate that the noun is the subject of the sentence. It can be omitted depending on the context.
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저것이 제 우산이에요.
That is my umbrella.
이 사람이 우빈 씨의 여자 친구예요.
This person is Mr. Woobin’s girlfriend.
여기가 우리 집이에요.
This is my house.
Conversation:
스티브 씨는 회사원이에요? Is Mr. Steve an office worker?
아니요, 회사원이 아니에요. 의사예요.
No, he isn’t an office worker. He is a doctor.
그럼 누가 회사원이에요?
Then, who is an office worker?
흐엉 씨가 회사원이에요.
Ms. Huong is an office worker.
Vocabulary
누가 who (When you put ‘가’ after ‘누구’, you make ‘누가’ not ‘누구가’.)
우산 an umbrella
여자 친구 a girlfriend.
여기 this, here
여기’ means ‘이곳 (here, this)’, ‘거기’ means ‘그곳 (there, the place)’, and ‘저기’ means ‘저곳 (over there, that)’.
우리 our, my
In Korean, there are many cases in which ‘우리 (our)’ means ‘제 (my)’. (e.g. ‘우리 부모님 (my parents)’, ‘우리 형 (my brother)’, ‘우리 선생 (my teacher)’, ‘우리 나라 (my country)’, ‘우리 집 (my house)’)
집 a house