What's the difference between が and の in this sentence?


On Kana-Boon's スノーグローブ (Snow Globe) song, there are two versions of the same
sentence:

> 君 **が** 好きな白い雪になろう
>
> 君 **の** 好きな白い雪になろう

What is the difference between these two sentences? Does の have a possession
meaning, like "Your white snow that you like"?




They both mean the same:

> I will be the white snow that you like.

There is not much difference here. In a clause that modifies a noun, the
subject marker が is often changed to の, especially when it is near the noun.

However, since the predicate is 好き in this case, the first sentence with が
could have a second meaning:

> I will be the white snow that likes you.

In this interpretation, 君 would be the object of the verb "to like" in
English. (好き is an adjective in Japanese.)

Maybe this was intended.




They both mean the same:

> I will be the white snow that you like.

There is not much difference here. In a clause that modifies a noun, the
subject marker が is often changed to の, especially when it is near the noun.

However, since the predicate is 好き in this case, the first sentence with が
could have a second meaning:

> I will be the white snow that likes you.

In this interpretation, 君 would be the object of the verb "to like" in
English. (好き is an adjective in Japanese.)

Maybe this was intended.

