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U+AC54, 걔
HANGUL SYLLABLE GYAE
Composition: +

Hangul Syllables




갸 ←→ 거

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of (geu ae, “that kid”). Cognate with Jeju 가이 (gai).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyae
McCune–Reischauer?kyae
Yale Romanization?kyay

Pronoun

(gyae)

  1. (colloquial) that kid; he or she
    학교에서 우등생이었어.
    gyaeneun hakgyoeseo neul udeungsaeng'ieosseo.
    That kid was always on the honor roll in school.

Usage notes

In colloquial Korean, 걔 (along with deictic variants (yae), (jae)) is the word that most closely resembles the English third-person pronoun. Despite the etymology, it can be used for all human referents with the restrictions given below, and is value-neutral.

Like (neo, “you”), the use of 걔 implies that the person being referred to by the pronoun is of equal or lower social rank compared to the speaker. When referring to a social superior, speakers use either a title, a word referring to the relationship between the speaker and the addressee, or circumlocutional phrases like 그분 (geubun, “that person”). Thus a college student may use the pronoun 걔 to refer to a classmate, but their professor must be referred to as 교수님 (gyosunim, “honorable professor”).

The use of 걔 in socially impermissible contexts, such as when referring to a superior, should be understood as the speaker showing contempt for the referent.

See also

Korean demonstratives
Determiner (i) (geu) (jeo) 어느 (eoneu)
Pronoun Human 이이 (ii) 그이 (geu'i) 저이 (jeoi) (nwi)
이분 (ibun) 그분 (geubun) 저분 (jeobun) 어느 (eoneu bun)
이자 (ija) 그자 (geuja) 저자 (jeoja)
(yae) (gyae) (jae)
Object (i) ( (geu))1 ( (jeo))1
이것 (igeot) 그것 (geugeot) 저것 (jeogeot) 어느 (eoneu geot)
이거 (igeo) 그거 (geugeo) 저거 (jeogeo) 어느 (eoneu geo)
Place 여기 (yeogi) 거기 (geogi) 저기 (jeogi) 어디 (eodi)
이곳 (igot) 그곳 (geugot) 저곳 (jeogot) 어느 곳 (eoneu got)
Direction 이쪽 (ijjok) 그쪽 (geujjok) 저쪽 (jeojjok) 어느 (eoneu jjok)
Time 이때 (ittae) 그때 (geuttae) 접때 (jeopttae) 언제 (eonje)
Verb 이러다 (ireoda) 그러다 (geureoda) 저러다 (jeoreoda) 어쩌다 (eojjeoda)
이리하다 (irihada) 그리하다 (geurihada) 저리하다 (jeorihada) 어찌하다 (eojjihada)
Adjective 이렇다 (ireota) 그렇다 (geureota) 저렇다 (jeoreota) 어떻다 (eotteota)
이러하다 (ireohada) 그러하다 (geureohada) 저러하다 (jeoreohada) 어떠하다 (eotteohada)
Adverb 이리 (iri) 그리 (geuri) 저리 (jeori) 어찌 (eojji)
이렇게 (ireoke) 그렇게 (geureoke) 저렇게 (jeoreoke) 어떻게 (eotteoke)
이만큼 (imankeum) 그만큼 (geumankeum) 저만큼 (jeomankeum) 얼마만큼 (eolmamankeum)
(얼마큼 (eolmakeum))

1 Not common.