Participants, events and states
Roles of participants
Doer or cause
Who or what starts the event?
agent
subject
passive
의미
The participant that acts, causes, initiates, controls, or is presented as the source of an event.
알아보는 방법
Ask who is doing, causing, or starting the event.
Visual guide
ACTOR / SOURCE who starts the event? [the dog] -> bit -> postman [the wind] -> opens [the teacher] -> explains = doer/causer/source
모국어에서는
한국어
The actor can be marked by 이/가 or framed with 은/는; it is often omitted when clear.
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