나 na — 1sg plain.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.na = { form := "na", person := some UD.Person.first, number := some Number.sg, script := some "나" }
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저 jeo — 1sg humble.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.jeo = { form := "jeo", person := some UD.Person.first, number := some Number.sg, register := Features.Register.Level.formal, script := some "저" }
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우리 uri — 1pl.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.uri = { form := "uri", person := some UD.Person.first, number := some Number.pl, script := some "우리" }
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너 neo — 2sg plain.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.neo = { form := "neo", person := some UD.Person.second, number := some Number.sg, script := some "너" }
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당신 dangsin — 2sg polite.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.dangsin = { form := "dangsin", person := some UD.Person.second, number := some Number.sg, register := Features.Register.Level.formal, script := some "당신" }
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그 geu (Yale: ku) — 3sg masculine, literary register. 76,235 written vs 145 oral tokens (@cite{kwon-lee-2026} fn. 2).
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그녀 geunyeo (Yale: kunye) — 3sg feminine, literary register. Compound of ku ('that') + nye ('female'). 25,085 written vs 9 oral tokens (@cite{kwon-lee-2026} fn. 2).
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걔 gyae (Yale: kyay) — 3sg gender-neutral, colloquial pronoun. Contracted from ku ay ('that' + contracted ai 'child'). 1,160 oral vs 226 written tokens — the reverse register pattern of geu/geunyeo. Implies familiarity between speaker and referent (@cite{kwon-lee-2026} §5). The overt-pronoun referential form tested in @cite{kwon-lee-2026}'s experiments.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.gyae = { form := "gyae", person := some UD.Person.third, number := some Number.sg, script := some "걔" }
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그들 geudeul — 3pl. Plural of geu; literary in register (the colloquial plural is the proximal demonstrative + ai-tul).
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.geudeul = { form := "geudeul", person := some UD.Person.third, number := some Number.pl, register := Features.Register.Level.formal, script := some "그들" }
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3rd-person pronouns: literary geu/geunyeo/geudeul and colloquial gyae. Yale-romanization variants (ku/kunye/kutul/ kyay) refer to the same lexical items.
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-yo polite particle.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.yo = { form := "-yo", register := Features.Register.Level.neutral, gloss := "POL" }
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-(su)pnida formal particle.
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.supnida = { form := "-(su)pnida", register := Features.Register.Level.formal, gloss := "FORM" }
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A verb form showing speech-level inflection.
- form : String
- gloss : String
- register : Features.Register.Level
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.instBEqVerbForm.beq { form := a, gloss := a_1, register := a_2 } { form := b, gloss := b_1, register := b_2 } = (a == b && (a_1 == b_1 && a_2 == b_2))
- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.instBEqVerbForm.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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가 ga — "go" (plain/intimate).
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.ga = { form := "ga", gloss := "go.PLN", register := Features.Register.Level.informal }
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가요 gayo — "go" (polite).
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.gayo = { form := "gayo", gloss := "go.POL", register := Features.Register.Level.neutral }
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갑니다 gamnida — "go" (formal).
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- Fragments.Korean.Pronouns.gamnida = { form := "gamnida", gloss := "go.FORM", register := Features.Register.Level.formal }
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All three persons are attested.
Both singular and plural are attested.
1st person has plain/humble register distinction.
2nd person pronouns are all second person.
The T/V register distinction is present in 2nd person.
Verb forms span all three speech levels.
3rd-person pronouns split by register: gyae is colloquial, geu/geunyeo/geudeul are literary (@cite{kwon-lee-2026} fn. 2).
gyae is gender-neutral; geu/geunyeo are gendered. This is the central asymmetry of the Korean 3rd-person system: the colloquial pronoun lacks the gender contrast carried by the literary forms.
Korean (Koreanic) WALS pronoun typology profile. No incl/excl; no person marking on verbs; gender in 3rd sg only (geu/geunyeo); pronouns avoided for politeness (elaborate honorific system uses titles/names instead); interrogative-based indefinites (nuguinka from nugu 'who'); intensifier and reflexive identical (caki); no person marking on adpositions.
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Korean pronoun phonological shape (WALS Chs 136–137): no M-T; no /m/ in 1SG (na/jeo); no N-M; no /m/ in 2SG.
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