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A study of 「～ga sukida」 and 「～o sukida」 This paper probes the usage of Japanese 「～ga sukida」 and 「～o sukida」. In Korea, Japanese language teachers consider 「～ga sukida」 as the grammatical expression while degrading 「～o sukida」. However, Japanese grammarians demonstrate that 「～o sukida」 is also an accurate expression as well. The expression can be easily found in Japanese literature, which proves the legitimacy of 「～o sukida」. And one of Japanese grammarians insists that usage of expression <o sukida> appeared in these days by the young generation. However the expression <o sukida> is used in <Gawabatayasnari> - [YUKIGUNI] which is old novel, so it is hard to insist that <o sukida> appeared in modern. The usage of 「～ga sukida」 and 「～o sukida」 tends to depend on the preceeding form within sentences. For example, 「～ga sukida」 appears when the subject takes <ha> as its marker while 「～o sukida」 is used if the subject takes <ga> as its marker. Thus, 「～o sukida」 is not a misuse, but rather tends to be in a complementary relationship with 「～ga sukida」 depending on the preceding subject form. In conclusion <o sukida>is right expression as well as <ga sukida>, so it has to be corrected in educational field in Korea.

adjective ‘na’[sukida], subject, object, postposition[ga, o], sentence form