我が強い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
我	強
が Grade: 6	つよ Grade: 2
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Etymology

我(が) (ga, “self; ego”) + が (ga, subject particle) + 強(つよ)い (tsuyoi, “strong”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がが・つよい [gà gá tsùyóꜜì] (Heiban + Nakadaka – [0]+[2])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ ɡa̠ t͡sɨjo̞i]

Phrase

我(が)が強(つよ)い • (ga ga tsuyoi) 

1. headstrong

Usage notes

• This phrase has a syntactical subject 我. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with は/も, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with の. Also, the subject marker が may be omitted, giving 我強い, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by の, giving 我の強い.