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은/는 Particle Subject Part Information 존은 하품을 하다가는

Front 존은 하품을 하다가는 턱이 빠졌어요
Back John dislocated his jaw while yawing
Notes Less commonly, the -은/는 particle can be used to add emphasis to a specified piece of a sentence. In such case, -은/는 attaches to some connectives like -(으)니까 or -다가.
In everyday speech, -은/는 sometimes shortens to ㄴ in cases like 난 (for 나는), and 이건 (for 이것은).
While -은/는 can follow particles like -에(서) or -에게(서), it can never occur along with the subject (-이/가) or the object (-을/를) particles.
The -은/는 particle cannot be used as a replacement for the -이/가 subject particle if the marked part represents information mentioned for the first time.
An -은/는-marked part communicating old or trivial information can be dropped in casual speech.

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