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This, that, that over there

Point at things and ask what they are.

📍 Gukje Market, in front of an unfamiliar side dish

이거 뭐예요?
igeo mwoyeyo?
What is this?
그건 밀면이에요. 부산 음식이에요.
geugeon milmyeonieyo. busan eumsigieyo.
That's milmyeon. It's a Busan dish.
저건요? 매워요?
jeogeonnyo? maewoyo?
And that one over there? Is it spicy?
조금 매워요. 하지만 맛있어요.
jogeum maewoyo. hajiman masisseoyo.
A little spicy. But delicious.

Today's one point

이 / 그 / 저

'igeo' = near me, 'geugeo' = near you, 'jeogeo' = far from both. Korean splits distance three ways, not two.