Question about lyrics and the usage of 네가/나
One of the songs I listen to, to learn Korean is:
2NE1 I am the best/내가 제일잘나가
This is a part of the lyrics.
누가? 네가 나보다 더 잘 나가?
Literally translated that would be something like:
Who? I I-compared-to more good progress?
Or more natural:
Who? Who is better than me.
I know songs are not always the best examples of the right use of grammar, but I do not understand why in this sentence, you would use both 네가 and 나. Can you explain what the difference is here between the usage of 네가 and 나?
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Answers · 5
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누가?: who?
네가: it's like 너’s literary language
너가/니가: means you
내가: means i
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they look like similar and even the pronunciation is slicely different. i guess you can figure it out through the context.
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So... 내가 means I, and 네가 means you? That is really confusing because they are almost pronounced the same way. But then it means:
Who? You I-compared ... et cetera. And that makes more sense. I probably was confused because 내가 and 네가 look similar.
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in my opinion,
for myself, 나 is used. at the same level 너 is used for you. Grammatically 나 and 너 is combined with postposition, The form of 나 and 너 is going to be changed.
ex) 나 + 가 ㅡ> 내가
너 + 가 ㅡ> 네가
i hope u understand even my poor english, anyway.
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