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Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns can denote a person, a thing, a place, or a direction. Demonstrative pronouns are divided into the groups according to the distance between the speaker and the listener:

Near the speaker
Near the listener
Far from both the speaker and the listener

	Distance
	Near the Speaker	Near the Listener	Far from the Speaker and the Listener
Person	이 "he, she, it"	그 "he, she, it"	저 "he, she, it"
Thing	이것 "this"	그것 "that"	저것 "that"
Place	여기 "here"	거기 "there"	저기 "there"
Direction	이리 "over here"	그리 "over there"	저리 "far over there"

Examples:

이것은 책입니다. "This is a book."

그것은 가방입니다. "That is a bag."

한국식당이 여기에 있습니다. "A Korean restaurant is situated here."