Noun particle
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Korean particles
Korean noun particles are postpositional, following the word they mark, as opposed to prepositions which precede the marked word.
Korean noun particles include the subject particle i/ga (이/가), the object-marking particle eul/reul (을/를), and the topic-marking particle eun/neun (은/는), all of which show allomorphy.[2]
Japanese particles
Like Korean, Japanese noun particles follow the noun being marked, and can serve any of several functions in a given sentence.
昨日
Kinō
スーパー
sūpā
へ
e
行きました。
ikimashita.
Yesterday, I went to the supermarket.
In this example, "e" is the noun particle for "sūpā" ("supermarket"). This particular noun particle denotes direction towards a place, being "supermarket."
昼ごはん
Hirugohan
は
wa
私
watashi
が
ga
ピザ
piza
を
o
食べた。
tabeta.
I ate pizza for lunch. lit. As for lunch, I ate pizza.
The three noun particles ("wa," "ga," and "o") all serve different functions:
- "wa" - topic marker ("hirugohan" - lunch)
- "ga" - subject marker ("watashi" - I)
- "o" - object marker ("piza" - pizza)
