Workbook: Unit 19 - 누구 vs 누가

Practice distinguishing between "who" as an object and "who" as a subject!

Exercise 1: 누구 or 누가?

Read the English sentence and determine if "Who" is the subject (performing the action) or the object (receiving the action). Choose whether to use 누구 or 누가.

1. Who ate my cake? -> The action is eating. Is "Who" doing the eating? Yes. -> Use: [ 누구 / 누가 ]

2. Who did you see yesterday? -> The action is seeing. "You" are the one doing the seeing. "Who" was seen. -> Use: [ 누구 / 누가 ]

3. Who is going to the party? -> The action is going. Is "Who" doing the going? Yes. -> Use: [ 누구 / 누가 ]

Exercise 2: Translation

Translate the following short sentences.

1. Who bought it? (사다 = to buy -> 샀어요 = bought)

2. Who did you meet? (만나다 = to meet -> 만났어요 = met)

3. Who came? (오다 = to come -> 왔어요 = came)

Exercise 3: Context Matters

Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences:

A: 누가 찾았어요? B: 누구 찾았어요? (찾다 = to look for / to find)

Sentence A means: Sentence B means:

Answer Key

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**Exercise 1:** 1. 누가 (Subject) 2. 누구 (Object) 3. 누가 (Subject) **Exercise 2:** 1. 누가 샀어요? 2. 누구 만났어요? 3. 누가 왔어요? **Exercise 3:** Sentence A (누가) means: Who found it? / Who was looking? (Who did the action of finding/looking?) Sentence B (누구) means: Who were you looking for? / Who did you find? (Who received the action?)