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Determiner

  1. 1

    what

    A word used when asking what characteristic, content, personality, quality, shape, etc., a person or object has.

    Korean definition: 사람이나 사물의 특징, 내용, 성격, 성질, 모양 등이 무엇인지 물을 때 쓰는 말.

    • Everyone was curious about what he would look like when he showed up.

    • I don't remember what kind of impression I had when I first met that person.

  2. 2

    which

    A word used when asking what is being chosen among several given people or things.

    Korean definition: 주어진 여러 사람이나 사물 중에서 대상으로 삼는 것이 무엇인지 물을 때 쓰는 말.

    • Which of these do you like best?

    • Of the two, which student has better grades?

  3. 3

    certain; some

    A word used to indirectly refer to a subject which does not need to be mentioned.

    Korean definition: 굳이 말할 필요가 없는 대상을 뚜렷하게 밝히지 않고 나타낼 때 쓰는 말.

    • While I was walking down the street, a certain strange woman spoke to me.

    • Someone in shabby clothes had collapsed in the alley.

  4. 4

    any

    A word used to refer to a subject without setting limits to it.

    Korean definition: 관련되는 대상을 특별히 제한하지 않고 나타낼 때 쓰는 말.

    • No one in the world, whoever they are, can live forever.

    • We had to solve that problem by any means.