이렇다
ireota · TOPIK 1
to be like this
이렇다 = 이러하다 squeezed: 이 (this) + 러하다 (be such) → to be like this
이 means this, the same 이 as in 이것 (this thing). Its siblings swap only the first syllable: 그렇다 = to be like that, 저렇다 = to be like that over there. Learn the 이/그/저 trio once and all three words come free.