No. 7 in Korean
것
"것" means "thing," "object," or "matter."
In a sentence
이 책은 내가 찾고 있던 것이야.
This book is the one I was looking for.
Here, '것' refers to 'the thing or object,' representing an unspecified object that one was searching for.
인생은 예측할 수 없는 것 같아요.
Life seems unpredictable.
In this sentence, '것' is used to nominalize the preceding phrase, making it the subject or object of the verb.
내가 가장 좋아하는 것은 노래를 부르는 것입니다.
The thing I like the most is singing songs.
Here, '것은' is used as a subject in a sentence and is described further by a complement.
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