이 and 가 usage | Korean Studies | 한국학 | Page 1

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:44 AM

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I cant understand this in English either due to my dyslexia though it is making it hard to understand when to use it in Korean even more so!

I know if it ends in a vowel you use '가' and if a consonant its '이', though I am can not understand when you use it and when you dont. I am working through Lingodeer lessons I cant see the 'reason' why you sometimes use it and sometimes dont. It says on my app 'indicate what the subject of an action (verb) is. Though that doesnt help me 'understand', can anyone put it in another way for me please?

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:49 AM

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did you do sentence diagraming in school ?

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:49 AM

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I dont recall it was a long time ago

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:50 AM

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its what is being described in the sentence

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like '그 영화가 좋아요'

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movie is being described so its the subject and hence gets the subject particle

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:51 AM

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so how come when you say something like that is an apple.. you dont put it?

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:51 AM

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it depends on the verb

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:52 AM

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so.. rather then being directly about the apple.. (When you dont put it).. it is if your talking ABOUT the apple?

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:52 AM

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no

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like 사과가 많이 있어요

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I have a lot of apples

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있다 isn't an action verb so it gets 이/가

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가과를 좋아해요

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I like apples

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좋아하다 is an action verb so it gets 를/을

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:54 AM

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I havent learn those latter ones yet

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:54 AM

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hmm

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prolly dont worry too much about it until you learn 을/를 and 은/는

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:54 AM

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I would use the hangul but it means using my onscreen keyboard and its slow

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un/nun I have gone through

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its the 'oi' 'ga' I have trouble with

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:55 AM

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you mainly use them to denote what a descriptive verb is describing

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:56 AM

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so if you were talking about a shiny apple, its denote the apple being the thing that is shiny?

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:56 AM

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yeah

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:57 AM

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so 'Is that a korean newspaper' you add it to the newspaper 'oi'

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?

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as its about the newspaper being korean?

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:57 AM

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no you just attach 이다 directly to the noun

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in that case

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:57 AM

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ahh havent done ' i da' yet

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Iw ill just go through a few lessons , it may sink in with a few more examples lol

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:58 AM

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yeah definitly learn more before worrying too much about it XD

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its something that just kinda falls into place when you learn/practice more

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:58 AM

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fair enough.. I know where to put them in english.. I just dont understand 'why' lol

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maybe the same will happen here

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thank you for your help thoguh 🙂

swift juniper May 28, 2023, 8:59 AM

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we dont really have them in english

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keep in mind korean and english are totally disconnected

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its best to start from scratch so to say

eager finch May 28, 2023, 8:59 AM

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I mean the action, verb thing

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the stucture of the sentance and grammer

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