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chǒ / che
"I" in polite or formal speech -
che-ga
"I" as a subject (in this stage) Paul
che (without –ga) - my
che & che-ga
che as a possessive particle (e.g., che ko-hyang = “my hometown”) should not be confused with che-ga –the speaker’s self as the sentence subject (e.g., che-ga kal-kke-yo = “It is I who will go.”).
Here are some examples of correct (O) and incorrect (X) usage:
che + -ga + a nominal = (X)
e.g.) che + -ga + i-rǔm = che-ga- i-rǔ-m (X)
che + a nominal = (O)
e.g.) che + i-rǔm (a name) = che i-rǔm (O)
che + -ga → che + -ga (O)
che + -nǔn → che-nǔn (X)
chǒ + -nǔn → chǒ-nǔn (O)
chǒ + -ga → chǒ-ga (X)
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