이것에 알레르기가 있어요.

When to use

Use this phrase to inform others about a specific substance to which you have an allergy, especially before consuming food or coming into contact with something.

Speech Level

This uses the polite informal (해요체 - haeyoche) speech level, suitable for conveying important personal information.

How it works

This sentence structure expresses a condition or state.

• 이것 (igeot): this thing
• -에 (-e): location/target particle (to/at)
• 알레르기 (allereugi): allergy
• -가 (-ga): subject particle
• 있어요 (isseoyo): exists / to have (polite)

Pronunciation

Liaison occurs in '이것에' (igeose) and '있어요' (isseoyo). The bottom consonants 'ㅅ' and 'ㅆ' carry over into the following empty vowel slots, sounding like [이거세] and [이써요].

Omitted Subject/Object

The subject 'I' is omitted but understood. The phrase literally states that an 'allergy' exists 'to this'.

Notes

A critical warning to prevent allergic reactions.