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누가 가르칩니까?
선생님이 학생을 가르칩니다.
Here, we are using 이 to identify the subject (the teacher): "The teacher is (이) teaching the students."
선생님은 친절해요.
Here we are using 은 to describe the subject. "The teacher is (은) kind."
누가 오빠입니까?
이 사람이 우리 오빠입니다.
Here we are using 이 to identifying the subject: "This person is (이) our older brother."
우리 오빠는 잘 생겼어요.
Here we are using 는 to describe our subject: "Our brother is (는) handsome."
누가 왔어요?
친구가 왔어요.
Here we are using 가 to identify the subject: "My friend has (가) arrived."
친구 이름은 김민기예요.
Here we are using 은 to describe the friend's name: "My friend's name is (은) Mingi Kim."
어디가 화장실에요?
저기가 화장실이에요.
Here we are using 가 to identify a direction: "Over there is (가) the bathroom."
여기는 화장실이 아니에요.
Here we are using 는 to describe a place: "This place is (는) not the bathroom."
From doing the translations above, it appears that the typical use cases for the following are:
- 이 for identifying the subject
- 가 for identifying the subject
- 은 to describe the subject
- 는 to describe the subject
To elaborate a bit further...
- 이/가 are used in cases when it is important to emphasize/centralize the subject to make the point of the statement.
- 은/는 are used in cases when you do not need to emphasize/centralize the subject to make the point of the statement, but rather just describe the subject
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누가 가르칩니까?
선생님이 학생을 가르칩니다.
선생님은 친절해요.
누가 오빠입니까?
이 사람이 우리 오빠입니다.
우리 오빠는 잘 생겼어요.
누가 왔어요?
친구가 왔어요.
친구 이름은 김민기예요.
어디가 화장실에요?
저기가 화장실이에요.
여기는 화장실이 아니에요.
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