It’s better that you give it to the woman in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

The sentence 여자에게 주는 것이 낫습니다 is formed by combining several elements in a specific order:

1. 여자 (yeo-ja): means “woman.”
2. 에게 (e-ge): is a particle that marks the indirect object, “to.”
3. 주는 (ju-neun): is the present modifying form of the verb 주다 (ju-da), “to give.” This form acts like an adjective describing “것” (thing).
4. 것 (geot): literally “thing.” Here it represents the act of giving.
5. 이 (i): the subject marker for the noun phrase “the giving.”
6. 낫습니다 (nat-seum-ni-da): a formal declarative form meaning “is better.”

When put together, the structure means “The act of giving (it) to the woman is better,” which in English is rendered “It’s better that you give it to the woman.”

Tips to remember:
• In Korean, modifying verbs come before the noun they modify. “주는” directly describes “것.”
• Both 에게 and 한테 are used to denote to whom something is given. 에게 is more formal.
• The subject marker 이 follows the noun “것” because the entire clause “주는 것” is treated as a subject.
• 낫습니다 is the formal, polite ending used in statements.

Alternate ways to express “It’s better that you give it to the woman” include:
• 여자에게 주는 게 낫습니다. (yeo-ja-e-ge ju-neun ge nat-seum-ni-da)
• 여자한테 주는 게 낫습니다. (yeo-ja-han-te ju-neun ge nat-seum-ni-da)

Both alternatives use 게 (ge), a contracted form of “것이,” which is very commonly used in conversational Korean.

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