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jip

house, home

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
jinitial+imedial+pfinal

Examples

  1. 저는 지금 집에 있어요.
    I am at home now.
  2. 집에서 밥을 먹어요.
    I eat at home.

Collocations

집에 가다집에서우리 집

Mnemonic

jip is the native word for "house / home". Two particles change its meaning: jip-e (to home, direction) versus jip-eseo (at home, location of action). The humble word for one's own house is daek when honoring another.

Quick check

  1. Which means "at home" (location of an action)?

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