것

• IPA^(key)[kʌ̹t̚]
• Phonetic Hangul[걷]

것 • (geot)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅓ, and ㅅ.

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 것. Compare Japanese 事 (koto, “abstract thing”), 種 (kusa, “sort, kind; cause”).

것 • (geot)

1. A thing; an object, one (impersonal pronoun)

   비싼 것 ― bissan geot ― an expensive thing; something expensive; an (the) expensive one

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   이 세상은 우리들의 것이었지만, 이제는 너희들의 것이다.

   I sesang-eun urideurui geosieotjiman, ijeneun neohuideurui geosida.

   This world was ours, but now it’s yours.

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2. (used to create noun phrases) what; the thing which

   내가 원하는 것

   naega wonhaneun geot

   what I want

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• 거 (geo) (contraction)
• 게 (ge) (contraction of 것이 (geosi))
• 걸 (geol) (contraction of 것을 (geoseul))
• 건 (geon) (contraction of 것은 (geoseun))

• 곳 (got, “place”)
• 곧 (got, “soon, immediately”)
• 가 (ga, “edge, side”)