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여기가 N이에요 — naming places — here, there, over there
Naming places — here, there, over there. Korean grammar for beginner learners — Level 1A, lesson 6: 어디에 가요? (Where are you going? — places and positions).
What it means
여기 · 거기 · 저기 are the words for places: 'here', 'there', 'over there'. They work like 이거 · 그거 · 저거 from Lesson 4: 여기 is the place near me (the speaker), 거기 is the place near you (the listener) — on the phone, the place where you are — and 저기 is a place far from both of us that we can see. To say what a place is, use 여기가 + N이에요 / N예요 (Lesson 3: 받침 O → 이에요, 받침 X → 예요): 여기가 교실이에요, 저기가 학교예요. 여기 · 거기 · 저기 have no 받침, so it is always 가. Ask with 어디 'where': 여기가 어디예요? 'What is this place?' On the phone, 거기가 어디예요? means 'Where are you?' — and the answer starts with 여기가.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 여기 | near me | 여기 + 가 · 교실 + 이에요 → 여기가 교실이에요 |
| 거기 | near you | 거기 + 가 · 은행 + 이에요 → 거기가 은행이에요? |
| 저기 | far from both of us | 저기 + 가 · 서점 + 이에요 → 저기가 서점이에요 |
Key points
- 여기 · 거기 · 저기 — near me · near you · far from both of us, like 이거 · 그거 · 저거
- 여기가 N이에요 / N예요 — 'this place is N' · ask with 여기가 어디예요?
Examples
- 여기가 교실이에요.
- 저기가 서점이에요. 저기가 학교예요.
- 여기가 어디예요? — 여기가 은행이에요.
- 여보세요? 거기가 어디예요? — 여기가 학교예요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 1A, lesson 4; Yonsei University Korean 1-1, lesson 2.
Also in this lesson
- N에 있어요 · 없어요 — being somewhere — 'is there · is not there'
- N 위 · 아래 · 안 · 옆에 있어요 — where exactly — on, under, in, next to …
- N에 가요 · 와요 — going and coming — 'where are you going?'