우리

uri · TOPIK 1

we, our

uri sounds like 'oo-ree': us two, you and me = we

Korean uses 우리 for both we and our, and often where English says my: 우리 집 is literally our house, meaning my home. The word also means a pen or cage for animals, so think of we as everyone inside the same enclosure.

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