-냐

냐 Korean Alternative forms ko -느냐 -으냐 literary and dated Etymology ss -으〮녀〮/ᄋᆞ〮녀〮 -únyé/ónyé , equivalent (despite vowel mismatches) to a contraction of -으〮니아〮/ᄋᆞ〮니아〮 -únìGá/ónìGá, ultimately from ko oko 隱 *-un realis gerund suffix + oko 是 *-i to be copula stem + okm 去 *-ke polar question interrogative suffix: etymologically "is it that...". Recently, the epenthetical ko 으/느 have been deleted, producing the modern form. Pronunciation Suffix ko colloquial a plain-style interrogative suffix ko 그게 뭐냐? What is that? ko 너 찾았는데 어디 갔었냐? I was looking for you; where did you go? Usage notes Historically, only ko -느냐 and ko -으냐 were accepted in the standard language. Both are rare nowadays and have been almost wholly supplanted by ko -냐, which is now accepted in the standard language as well. ko -니 has the same meaning but has a friendlier nuance and is more often used by women. Suffix ko -으냐 post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic dated plain-style interrogative suffix ko inflectional suffixes