[Koreanavi] Basic Korean grammars and vocabularies

The difference between 이/가 & 은/는

Korean teachers are still debating how to teach the difference between 이/가 & 은/는, but it’s not clear yet.

If you want simple answer, we use 이/가 for subject which appears first time. And after we talk about that subject, we use 은/는.

어제 새 영어 선생님이 왔어요.(Yesterday new English teacher .) 그 선생님은 미국 사람이에요. (That teacher is American.)

And when we use 은/는 for certain situatuon, it imply that ther must be the other subjects.

아버지가 방에 있어요.(Father is in the room.)

아버지는 방에 있어요.(Father is in the room.)+(Mother is ~, Sister is~, Brother is~)

And we can also use 은/는 for object.

저는 김치를 좋아해요. (I like Kimchi.) 저는 김치는 좋아해요. (I like Kimchi.) +(But I don’t like ~, ~.)

Still it’s not enough though, these are the general difference between 이/가 & 은/는.