KOREAN VOCABULARY LEARNING

Bonus Learning 5: Pronouns (He, She) 얘, 쟤, 걔 [Part 2]

Following the previous of our learning, Pronouns (He, She) - 그, 그녀, 걔, 그분. Today we're going to learn more about the various ways in which He and She are used in spoken Korean.

There are three basic ways to refer to someone he or she, namely 얘, 쟤 and 걔. They are used in a similar way to Pronouns - This, It, That.

얘 = He or She (This person)
쟤 = He or She (That person)
걔 = He or She (The person we're talking about who is not present here)

얘, 쟤 and 걔 are the personal equivalents of 이것, 저것, 그것 which are used to refer to things or inanimate objects.

Example sentences:
효민: 톰 안녕, 얘는 안나야
Hyo Min: Hey, Tom. This (person) is Anna.

톰: 효민아 안녕. 안녕 안나, 만나서 반가워.
Tom: Hey Hyo Min, Hi Anna, nice to meet you.

톰: 저기 대학빌딩 앞에 쟤는 누구야?
Tom: Who is that (person) in front of the university building over there?

효민: 아, 쟤는 성준이야.
Hyo Min: Well, that (person) is Sung Jun.

톰: 아, 그리고, 걔가 누구더라? 예전에 시티에서 같이 저녁 먹었던 애.
Tom: Oh, right. And, who was that person (not present)? The guy we had a dinner together with in the city a while ago.