No. 487 in Korean
나
"I" or "me" (informal).
In a sentence
나는 책을 읽고 있어.
I am reading a book.
Here, '나' is used as the first-person singular pronoun in its subject form, as 'I', combined with the subject particle '는'.
이건 내가 필요해.
I need this.
In this sentence, '나' is used as the first-person singular pronoun in its informal possessive/subjective form, combined with the subject particle '가' as '내가'.
친구들은 나를 좋아해.
My friends like me.
Here, '나' functions as 'me' or the object in the sentence, pairing with the object particle '를' to form '나를'.
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