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After studying with this lesson, you will be able to say "This is ABC." and also ask "Is this ABC?" and "What is this?" in polite/formal Korean.

In the previous lesson, you learned how 이에요 [i-e-yo] and 예요 [ye-yo] can be placed after a noun to express the meaning of "It is ABC" or "I am DEF."

책 [chaek] + 이에요 [i-e-yo] = . [chaek-i-e-yo]

It's a book.

저 [ jeo] + 예요 [ye-yo] = . [ jeo-ye-yo]

It's me.

** 이에요 and 예요 have a similar role to that of the English verb "to be".

Final consonant + 이에요 [i-e-yo]

No final consonant (Only vowel) + 예요 [ye-yo]

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[i-geo] = this, this one

[i] ("this") + [geot] ("thing") = [i-geot] --> [i-geo]

[i-geo] is originally [i-geot] and it is a combination of [i] ("this") and [geot] ("thing") but it is often used as just [i-geo] for the ease of pronunciation.

책이에요. [i-geo chaek-i-e-yo]

= This is a book.

카메라예요. [i-geo ka-me-ra-ye-yo] = This is a camera.

커피예요. [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo]

= This is coffee.

사전이에요. [i-geo sa-jeon-i-e-yo]

= This is a dictionary.

뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]

= What is this?

In Lesson 5, we introduced the question, 뭐예요? [mwo-ye-yo?] and it means "What is it?" You can add [i-geo] in front of it to ask "What is this?"

뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]

= What is this?

핸드폰이에요. [i-geo haen-deu-pon-i-e-yo]

= This is a cellphone.

뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]

= What is this?

물이에요. [i-geo mul-i-e-yo]

= This is water.

뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]

= What is this?

커피예요. [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo]

= This is coffee.

커피예요? [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo?]

= Is this coffee?

아니요. 물이에요. [a-ni-yo. i-geo mul-i-e-yo]

= No. This is water.

커피예요? [i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo?]

= Is this coffee?

네. 맞아요. 커피예요. [ne. ma-ja-yo. i-geo keo-pi-ye-yo]

= Yes, that's right. This is coffee.

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