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I am looking for something like this.

Hi guys. I found a Korean lesson on Youtube today. This episode is about shopping too. Check it out from here . :) Sometimes you already know what you want to buy and you might need to describe its shape or color to the shop attendant. But that's really difficult when you are not familiar with the language. If might be easier to show a picture and say: I am looking for something like this. 이렇게 생긴 것을 찾고 있어요. 이렇게, yirutke, like this 생긴, senggin, looking (생기다) 것을, gutsol, thing + suffix 찾고, chatgo, look + suffix 있어요, yitsoyo, am/is doing something 이렇게 생긴 것을 찾고 있어요. yirutke senggin gutsol, chatgo yitsoyo. 이렇게 is used when you point something physically close to you while 저렇게 is used when the object is located further from you. The form of adjective + 것 is useful to describe an arbitrary object. For example: 더 큰 것 -> something bigger 더 작은 것 -> something smaller 파란 것 -> the blue one 흰 것 -> the white one verb+고 있어요 is a present continuous form. 쇼핑하고 있어요. -> I am doing shopp...