What does this sentence say? 그 사람이 좋아하는 음식을 만들었어요.
The source where I got this example sentence translated as “I made food that he likes.”
그 사람이 좋아하는 음식을 만들었어요.

My question is can it also be translated as "That person made food that he likes."? When I first read the sentence, that was what I understood it to be, because 그 사람이 looks to be the subject in the sentence. How do I tell if that person is the subject or "I" am the subject?

Thanks,

Melanie

Question

What does this sentence say? 그 사람이 좋아하는 음식을 만들었어요.
The source where I got this example sentence translated as “I made food that he likes.”
그 사람이 좋아하는 음식을 만들었어요.

My question is can it also be translated as "That person made food that he likes."? When I first read the sentence, that was what I understood it to be, because 그 사람이 looks to be the subject in the sentence. How do I tell if that person is the subject or "I" am the subject?

Thanks,

Melanie

Answer

I don't blame you for getting confused. That's actually tricky part that even natives can be confused. It can be interpreted both ways. But I'd rather take the former, which has "I" as its subject, because such context is used way more than the other. If you'd have to use in a way of the latter, it'd be better to put '자기가' after the subject for specification: "그 사람이 자기가 좋아하는 음식을 만들었어요".

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