Van Anh Nguyen 연안
Difference between 이,가 / 은,는

Hello there,

 

I've read many definition about <em>이,가 / 은,는 </em>and I've thought that I can clearly understand it untill I learned this one:

 

오늘 무슨 요일이에요?

오늘 금요일이에요.

 

이것 무엇입니까? =
이게 뭐예요? =
이것 뭐예요?

  

Is that means any questions use 이,가, then answers use 은,는?

 

Could you please let me know the difference or how to use 이,가 / 은,는 correctly?

 

Thanks for your concern,

Aug 27, 2014 8:16 PM
Comments · 1

이 가 are the same, used for subject of sentence.  The only difference is the ending character of the word  * 내가,  책이,  기차가, 강이,    if the word ends in vowel, then 가, if the words in consanant, then 이

 

은, 는  follow similar rule, based on ending character of the word.

In terms of used, it is used for distinguishing, contrasting.  Japanese and Chinese both have a similar strucuture,  Japanese "ga", and Mandarin "de" which I just learned.  

A basic statement would not used

basic - "today is wednesday"  오늘 (this word acutally does not take the 이 가 particle, since it's a time)

contrast/distinguish - "today the weather is really bad (compared to yesterday)"  오늘은

 

August 28, 2014