것
Meanings
Noun
1. thing; something; that which; what; used to designate any object, action, or phenomenon, forming noun phrases.
2. an object belonging to an owner; forms constructions equivalent to English possessive pronouns. Colloquially pronounced 꺼 (kkeo) with initial tensing.
3. Emphasizes the speaker's certainty about the preceding verb or adjective. (after the suffix -ㄴ (-n))
4. Used as an element in a number of verbal suffixes; see the "Derived terms" section.
Pronunciation
geot
Examples1422
걔는 태어날 때부터 그런 거야.
He must have been like that since he was born.
이 세상은 우리들의 것이었지만, 이제는 너희들의 것이다.
This world was ours, but now it’s yours.
이 중에서 제일 큰 게 뭐야?
What's the biggest one out of these?
인생은 원래 헤어지는 거야.
Life is always about saying goodbye.
이 곳에는 바위 같은 것이 정말 많습니다.
Here, there are very many things that look like rocks.
저 집도 우리 거야.
That house is ours, too.