Subject Particle?

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ANYWAY....

What are “subject particles”? ..Besides being the title of the entry for today..

Well, ‘subject particles’ are placed directly after the subject of a sentence or question and roughly translate as “as for”. There are 4 subject particles, 2 used for word ending in vowels and 2 for word ending in consonants.

Meet… -은 [-eun] , - 는[-neun] , -이[-i], -가 [-ga].

-이 and –가 are “neutral” subject particles while –은 and –는 are “emphatic” subject particle.

Okay, let me give a simple example to understand this better.
1. 잡지는 탁자 외에 있어요. [japji-neun takja wi-e isseoyo]. {The magazine is on the table}

2. 잡지가 탁자 외에 있어요. [japji-ga takja wi-e isseoyo]. {There is a magazine on the table}

갑기 = magazine
탁자 = table
외에 = on/above
있어요 = have/is

All the words are the same in these two sentences except for the subject particles used –neun and –ga. Since “Japji” [magazine] ends with a vowel, we use subject particles –neun or –ga.
Although there is only a slight difference between these two sentences but the meaning is totally different because of the use of the subject particle. In the first sentence, the subject is emphasized with the use of –neun while in the second sentence the subject is no longer emphasized.

Note : you can use the same sentence to make it in the form of question just by simply raise the intonation at the end.