Phrase in 30 Seconds
Use '저기 있어요' to point out something far away from both you and the person you are talking to.
- Means: 'It is over there' (pointing to a distant {位置|位置} location).
- Used in: Giving directions, finding items in stores, or pointing out landmarks.
- Don't confuse: '저기' (over there) with '거기' (near the listener).
Explicação no seu nível:
Significado
Indicating the location of an object or person at a distance.
Contexto cultural
Pointing with the index finger is often avoided. Instead, use a flat hand with the palm facing slightly up to indicate '저기'. In meetings, '저기' is used to refer to data on a screen or a physical chart, usually in the formal '있습니다' form. Because Korean cities are dense, '저기' often refers to something just around a corner or a few shops down. On delivery apps or maps, '저기' is used in chat to tell a driver where you are standing.
The 'Long' Jeo
If something is REALLY far away, Koreans stretch the first syllable: '저~~기 있어요.'
Don't Point at People
Pointing with one finger at a person while saying this can be rude. Use your whole hand.
The 'Long' Jeo
If something is REALLY far away, Koreans stretch the first syllable: '저~~기 있어요.'
Don't Point at People
Pointing with one finger at a person while saying this can be rude. Use your whole hand.
Nodding
Often, a simple chin-nod toward the location is enough to accompany the phrase.
Teste-se
Choose the correct word to point to a mountain in the distance.
[ ] 산이 있어요.
A mountain in the distance is far from both speaker and listener, so '저기' is correct.
Fill in the blank with the correct honorific form of '있어요' to refer to a grandmother.
할머니가 저기 [ ].
When the subject is a respected elder like a grandmother, '계세요' must be used.
Complete the dialogue.
A: 실례합니다, 우체국이 어디에 있어요? B: 우체국요? [ ].
When giving directions to a building in the distance, '저기 있어요' is the natural response.
Match the phrase to the situation.
Situation: You found your lost phone on a table across the room.
Since the phone is across the room (far from you), '저기' is appropriate.
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Recursos visuais
Banco de exercicios
5 exercicios[ ] 산이 있어요.
A mountain in the distance is far from both speaker and listener, so '저기' is correct.
할머니가 저기 [ ].
When the subject is a respected elder like a grandmother, '계세요' must be used.
A: 실례합니다, 우체국이 어디에 있어요? B: 우체국요? [ ].
When giving directions to a building in the distance, '저기 있어요' is the natural response.
Situation: You found your lost phone on a table across the room.
Since the phone is across the room (far from you), '저기' is appropriate.
🎉 Pontuação: /5
Perguntas frequentes
10 perguntas저기 is far from both people. 거기 is near the person you are talking to.
Yes, but use '저기 계세요' if the person is older or higher status than you.
It's better to say '저기 있습니다' or '저기 계십니다' for a boss.
99% of the time, yes. Occasionally it refers to a point in a text or a distant goal.
Add '바로' (baro) to get '바로 저기 있어요.'
It's a polite way to say 'Excuse me' to get service. It literally means 'Hey, you over there.'
Yes, if you are pointing in the general direction of a distant city or landmark.
저기 있었어요 (It was over there).
Yes, in Jeolla dialect, '거시기' is sometimes used as a filler, but '저기' remains standard for location.
In casual speech, '저기 있어' or just pointing and saying '저기' is common.
Frases relacionadas
여기 있어요
contrastIt is here.
거기 있어요
contrastIt is there.
저기요
similarExcuse me.
저기에
specialized formAt that place over there.
저기쯤
builds onAround there.
Onde usar
Asking for the restroom
Learner: 저기요, 화장실이 어디에 있어요?
Staff: 화장실은 저기 왼쪽 끝에 있어요.
Finding a friend in a park
Friend A: 민수 어디 있어?
Friend B: 저기 나무 아래에 있어!
Ordering at a fast food place
Customer: 빨대는 어디 있어요?
Staff: 빨대는 저기 키오스크 옆에 있어요.
In a taxi
Passenger: 저기 파란 건물 앞에서 세워주세요.
Driver: 저기 말씀이시죠? 알겠습니다.
At a museum
Visitor: 모나리자는 어디에 있나요?
Guide: 모나리자는 저기 3번 전시실에 있어요.
Lost and found
Person A: 제 열쇠 못 보셨어요?
Person B: 어! 저기 벤치 위에 있어요.
Memorize
Mnemônico
Think of 'Jeo' as 'Just far away' and 'Gi' as 'Geographic spot.' Jeo-gi = Just a far geographic spot.
Associação visual
Imagine standing on a hill with a friend. You both point your arms straight out at a distant castle. That shared 'out there' space is '저기'.
Rhyme
Near is 'i', middle is 'geu', far away is 'jeo'—that's how we go!
Story
You are looking for a hidden treasure. You check your hand (여기 - here), you check your friend's pocket (거기 - there), but then you see a chest under a distant tree and shout '저기 있어요!'
In Other Languages
Similar to the Japanese 'Asoko' (あそこ) or the Spanish 'Aquel' system, which distinguishes between near speaker, near listener, and far from both.
Word Web
Desafio
Go for a walk and point out 5 things in the distance, saying '저기 [Object] 있어요' out loud.
Review the 'i-geu-jeo' triangle every 3 days to keep the spatial logic sharp.
Pronúncia
The 'j' sound is soft, like 'j' in 'jump' but with less air.
The double 'ss' is tense and sharp. The 'o' in 'yo' is a clear, short 'o'.
Espectro de formalidade
저기 있습니다 (Jeogi itseumnida) (General location)
저기 있어요 (Jeogi isseoyo) (General location)
저기 있어 (Jeogi isseo) (General location)
저기 있네 (Jeogi inne - expressive/casual) (General location)
Derived from the Middle Korean distal root '뎌' (dyeo), which evolved into modern '저' (jeo). The suffix '-기' (gi) has been used since ancient times to nominalize locations.
Curiosidade
The 'i-geu-jeo' system is so fundamental that it's one of the first things Korean children master, often before they can even form full sentences.
Notas culturais
Pointing with the index finger is often avoided. Instead, use a flat hand with the palm facing slightly up to indicate '저기'.
“Pointing to a menu board in a restaurant.”
In meetings, '저기' is used to refer to data on a screen or a physical chart, usually in the formal '있습니다' form.
“저기 그래프를 보시면... (If you look at the graph over there...)”
Because Korean cities are dense, '저기' often refers to something just around a corner or a few shops down.
“Giving directions in Myeongdong.”
On delivery apps or maps, '저기' is used in chat to tell a driver where you are standing.
“저기 편의점 앞에 있어요. (I'm over there in front of the convenience store.)”
Iniciadores de conversa
실례합니다, 근처에 은행이 어디에 있어요?
제 안경 못 봤어요?
저기 보이는 건물이 뭐예요?
Erros comuns
거기 있어요 (when pointing far away)
저기 있어요
L1 Interference
선생님이 저기 있어요
선생님이 저기 계세요
L1 Interference
저기요 있어요
저기 있어요
L1 Interference
저기 이어요
저기 있어요
L1 Interference
In Other Languages
Está allá
Korean '저기' is used more frequently in daily speech than 'allá'.
C'est là-bas
French often uses 'là' for both 'there' and 'over there' unless emphasizing distance.
Es ist dort drüben
German requires the extra word 'drüben' to match the distal nuance of '저기'.
あそこにあります
The grammar and usage are almost perfectly parallel.
هناك (Hunaka)
Arabic lacks the specific 'near the listener' middle ground found in Korean '거기'.
在那儿 (Zài nà'er)
Chinese 'nàr' covers both '거기' and '저기', making Korean more precise spatially.
거기 있어요
The distance from the listener is the deciding factor.
Está lá
Korean '저기' is used for both visible and non-visible distal locations.
Spotted in the Real World
“와, 저기 있다!”
When the family is looking for a Wi-Fi signal in their semi-basement apartment and finds one near the ceiling.
“저기 있어요. 남쪽.”
Jeong-hyeok pointing toward the South Korean border to Se-ri.
“저기 환절기 끝에...”
Metaphorical use of '저기' to refer to the end of a season in the distance.
Fácil de confundir
Both translate to 'there' in English.
If you can touch it, it's '여기'. If they can touch it, it's '거기'. If neither can touch it, it's '저기'.
Learners think it means 'It is over there.'
'저기요' is only for 'Excuse me.' Never use it to describe a location.
Perguntas frequentes (10)
저기 is far from both people. 거기 is near the person you are talking to.
basic understandingYes, but use '저기 계세요' if the person is older or higher status than you.
usage contextsIt's better to say '저기 있습니다' or '저기 계십니다' for a boss.
grammar mechanics99% of the time, yes. Occasionally it refers to a point in a text or a distant goal.
usage contextsAdd '바로' (baro) to get '바로 저기 있어요.'
practical tipsIt's a polite way to say 'Excuse me' to get service. It literally means 'Hey, you over there.'
cultural usageYes, if you are pointing in the general direction of a distant city or landmark.
usage contexts저기 있었어요 (It was over there).
grammar mechanicsYes, in Jeolla dialect, '거시기' is sometimes used as a filler, but '저기' remains standard for location.
cultural usageIn casual speech, '저기 있어' or just pointing and saying '저기' is common.
practical tips
