-가

Busan: checking a noun predicate

Nivel 1Pled da Busan

The -가 question family checks a noun predicate in casual Busan speech.

Co quai funcziuna

Compare 학생이가? with 어느 학교 학생이고?. The first checks whether someone is a student; the second requests information about which school.

This sentence-final -가 is not the subject particle 이/가. Read the whole predicate: a subject marker inside a sentence does not turn the sentence into this question.

The bare present noun predicate uses -가. With past-tense material between the copula and the ending, use the -나 family instead: 학생이었나?. This is a familiar-speech ending, not a shortcut for polite Korean. Respectful questions can keep the shared standard constructions.

Exempels (3)

  1. 저 사람 니 친구가?

    Is that person your friend?

  2. 니가 새로 온 학생이가?

    Are you the new student?

  3. 그거 내 책이가?

    Is that my book?

Co ch'i sa collia

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Emprenda suenter

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Pleds en quest model

이다
Fai exercizis cun -가 en BubblegumPoppy, tia magistra IA, scriva lecziuns da corean a tes nivel. Tutga in punct grammatical en ina lecziun per vesair l'explicaziun cumpletta.