이 / 가 · Subject Particle
Marks the subject: who or what does the action or is in the state. Used for new information, with 있어요/없어요 (there is / isn't) and in 'who? what?' questions.
After a final consonant → 이. After a vowel → 가.
Special forms: 저 + 가 → 제가 (I), 나 + 가 → 내가, 누구 + 가 → 누가 (who).
Examples
Read, listen if you can, then write each one in the boxes.
비가 와요.
biga wayo.
It is raining.
비가와요.
친구가 있어요.
chinguga isseoyo.
I have a friend.
친구가있어요.
시간이 없어요.
sigani eopseoyo.
There is no time.
시간이없어요.
누가 왔어요?
nuga wasseoyo?
Who came?
누가왔어요?
제가 할게요.
jega halgeyo.
I will do it.
제가할게요.
Try it: write 이 or 가
- 눈＿＿ 와요. — It is snowing.
- 돈＿＿ 없어요. — I have no money.
- 고양이＿＿ 자요. — The cat is sleeping.
- 문＿＿ 열려 있어요. — The door is open.
- 날씨＿＿ 추워요. — The weather is cold.
- 가방 안에 책＿＿ 있어요. — There is a book in the bag.
Answers
1. 이 · 2. 이 · 3. 가 · 4. 이 · 5. 가 · 6. 이
Free worksheet
One printable page: the rule, five sentences to trace, six to fill in.
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