He/she is small in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:

• "그 사람" means “that person” (contextually “he” or “she”).
 – "그" = “that”
 – "사람" = “person”
 Romanized: geu saram

• "은" is the topic marker attached to "그 사람," indicating that the sentence is about that person.
 Romanized: eun

• "작아요" is the polite present conjugation of the adjective "작다" (“to be small”).
 – In Korean, adjectives function like verbs. Remove “다” from the base form “작다” and add the polite ending “아요” to form “작아요.”
 Romanized: jagayo

Tips to remember:
• Recognize that the topic marker “은/는” follows a noun (or noun phrase) to show what the sentence is about.
• Learn that Korean adjectives (“형용사”) directly describe the subject without needing a separate “to be” verb.
• To conjugate adjectives politely, remove “다” and add endings like “아요” (if the vowel in the adjective stem is ㅏ or ㅗ) for standard polite speech.

Alternate ways to say “He/She is small”:
• Informal: 그 사람 작아.
 Romanized: geu saram jaga
• Formal: 그 사람은 작습니다.
 Romanized: geu saram eun jagseumnida
• You can also specify size in context, for example, “그 사람은 몸집이 작아요” (“That person has a small build”).
 Romanized: geu saram eun momjibi jagayo

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