이것
igeot
this (thing)
Part of speech · pronoun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
이
ㅇ—initial+ㅣimedial
것
ㄱginitial+ㅓeomedial+ㅅsfinal
Examples
- 이것은 무엇이에요?What is this?
- 이거 정말 맛있어요.This is really delicious.
Collocations
이것은이거 뭐예요이게
Mnemonic
igeot = i (this) + geot (thing). It pairs in a neat set: i-geot (this), geu-geot (that, near you), jeo-geot (that, over there). In speech igeot contracts to igeo, and with the subject marker to ige.
Quick check
igeot is built from i + geot. What is geot?