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-는가
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Korean
Alternative forms
ko -은가 -ㄴ가 with adjectives
ko -인가 with nouns
Etymology
From okm -ᄂᆞᆫ가 present tense indirect question suffix, from okm -ᄂᆞ- present tense suffix + okm -은가 indirect question suffix.
Pronunciation
Suffix
suffix
a final ending indicating a question or a guess, attached to a verb
ko 오늘 부장-님-도 오시-는가요? Is the manager coming today as well?
ko 방학 동안-에-도 학교-에 학생-이 많이 있-는가요? Are there many students in the school during the vacation, too?
combined with ko 보다: it seems, it appears, it looks like
ko -나 보다
ko 오빠-가 아직-도 자는 걸 보-니까 오늘 출근 안 하-는가 봐. Seeing that my brother is still sleeping, it appears that he will not go to work today.