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이/가

i / ga

제가 vs 저는: the difference nobody explains

The picture Someone asks who did it, and your finger lands on exactly one person. Out of everything on the table, this one.

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  1. first pointing

    손님 오셨어요.

    son-ni-mi o-syeo-sseo-yo

    A customer has arrived.

  2. me, out of everyone

    하겠습니다.

    je-ga ha-get-seum-ni-da

    I'll do it.

    저는 하겠습니다 makes me the topic; 제가 하겠습니다 makes me the one doing it.

  3. picking the sore spot

    어디 아프세요?

    eo-di-ga a-peu-se-yo

    Where does it hurt?

  4. not that one

    그건 제 잘못 아니에요.

    geu-geon je jal-mo-si a-ni-e-yo

    That is not my fault.

  5. the one that's missing

    지금은 시간 없어요.

    ji-geu-meun si-ga-ni eop-seo-yo

    I don't have time right now.

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