Learn Korean: Verb + 그 사람?

Let’s take a look at the Korean sentence pattern Verb + 그 사람(?). We use this to ask whether what the other person is talking about is the same person we have in mind. The word 사람 may be replaced with specific terms such as 남자 (man) and 여자 (girl). The tough thing here is how to modify the noun. Basic knowledge on Korean relative clauses is essential. For example, my wife told me about a woman her dad has an affair with, but I haven’t really seen her before. Now, we are dining at a restaurant and the mistress happens to be there too, behind us. My wife told me to look back, but I have no idea who she is. My wife made face and that’s when I figured she probably was the mistress of my father-in-law. I said Ah! The woman father-in-law has an affair with? The main noun is 여자 (woman) and the main verb is 장인 오른이랑 바람 피다 (the fact that she has affair with father-in-law). We take the verb stem and attach 는 because it is still true up to the present. It becomes a modifier of the word woman (여자). The actual sentence is 장인 어른이랑 바람 피는 그 여자?

엄마가 사랑했던 그 남자?

Are you talking about the man whom mom loved before?

어제 버스에서 본 그 남자?

Is he the guy you saw at the bus yesterday?

우리 아들 좋아하는 그 학생?

Is she the student who likes our son?