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The possessive が is literary and archaic, and I don't think it's productive anymore. You'll rarely see it outside several fixed expressions such as: [我]{わ}がX (e.g. 我が[家]{や}、我が子、我が国、我が道、我が命、我が物(にする)、我が物顔(で)...), [我]{われ}ら (我らが母校、我らが祖国、我らがヒーロー)、『君が代』... (Not 私がX or 私たちがX, since the が is literary but 私・私たち are not.)

  • [我]{わ}がX (e.g. 我が[家]{や}、我が子、我が国、我が道、我が命、我が物(にする)、我が物顔(で)...)
  • [我]{われ}らがX (e.g. 我らが母校、我らが祖国、我らがヒーロー)
    (Not 私がX or 私たちがX, since the が is literary but 私・私たち are not.)
  • 『君が代』
  • Xがために (=Xのために) (e.g. [誰]{た}がために、これがために、~せんがために)
  • Xが如く (=Xの如く)

The possessive が is literary and archaic, and I don't think it's productive anymore. You'll rarely see it outside several fixed expressions such as: [我]{わ}がX (e.g. 我が[家]{や}、我が子、我が国、我が道、我が命、我が物(にする)、我が物顔(で)...), [我]{われ}ら (我らが母校、我らが祖国、我らがヒーロー)、『君が代』... (Not 私がX or 私たちがX, since the が is literary but 私・私たち are not.)

The possessive が is literary and archaic, and I don't think it's productive anymore. You'll rarely see it outside several fixed expressions such as:

  • [我]{わ}がX (e.g. 我が[家]{や}、我が子、我が国、我が道、我が命、我が物(にする)、我が物顔(で)...)
  • [我]{われ}らがX (e.g. 我らが母校、我らが祖国、我らがヒーロー)
    (Not 私がX or 私たちがX, since the が is literary but 私・私たち are not.)
  • 『君が代』
  • Xがために (=Xのために) (e.g. [誰]{た}がために、これがために、~せんがために)
  • Xが如く (=Xの如く)
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The possessive が is literary and archaic, and I don't think it's productive anymore. You'll rarely see it outside several fixed expressions such as: [我]{わ}がX (e.g. 我が[家]{や}、我が子、我が国、我が道、我が命、我が物(にする)、我が物顔(で)...), [我]{われ}ら (我らが母校、我らが祖国、我らがヒーロー)、『君が代』... (Not 私がX or 私たちがX, since the が is literary but 私・私たち are not.)