-니

니 Korean Pronunciation Etymology 1 A nineteenth-century contraction of Early Modern Korean ko -ᄂᆞ니 -neuni, which it replaces, as attested by the older spelling ko -늬.ko:국어 종결어미의 통시적 변화와 쟁점 ko:장윤희 Gugeosa yeon'gu 14 63—99 2012 A general survey of diachronic change of Korean sentence-terminating endingsko:현대국어 해라체 의문형 어미 '-느냐/으냐, -니'의 변화 ko:유필재 Eohak yeon'gu 54 1 79—96 2018 The shifts of the Korean plain-style interrogative suffixes -(n)unya, -ni The uncontracted form is now written ko -느니 due to spelling reforms and no longer has interrogative meaning; see there for more. As expected by the etymology, ko -니 could originally only combine with verbs and existential adjectives but expanded rapidly to adjectives in the early twentieth century. Suffix suffix A plain-style interrogative suffix, with a more friendly tone than ko -냐. ko 너 가-니? Are you going? ko 여우-야, 여우-야, 뭐 하-니? Foxy, foxy, what are you doing? Usage notes More often used by women. Particle particle With an indirect quote, equivalent to a short form of ko -고 하-니 does [one] say that... ko 친구-가 아프다-니? Does he say that his friend is sick? ko 같이 ^런던-으로 가-자-니? Is he asking [you] to go to London with him? With an indirect quote, equivalent to a short form of ko -고 하-다니 how can [one] say that... ko 나-보고 도둑-이냐-니. How on earth could he ask if I'm a thief? Etymology 2 From ko okm - -니〮 -ní. See the main entry for more. Suffix suffix ko -으니 because, since Post-vowel and post-ko ㄹ allomorphic Particle particle In an indirect quote, equivalent to a short form of ko -고 하-니 since [one] says that... ko 너-가 아니-라-니 다행-이야. What a relief that it isn't you. ko 여기 남-으라-니 남았지. I stayed behind because you told me to. ko 좋은 대학-에 붙었-다-니 잘 됐지. Given that [they say] he went to a good university, things have turned out well. Etymology 3 Suffix suffix -니... -니 ko -느니 colloquial ko 하-니 마-니 whether to do it or not Suffix suffix -니... -니 ko -으니 alternative form of ko -느니 Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic Etymology 4 From ko okm - -니〮 -ní. See the main entry for more. Suffix suffix ko -으니 alternative form of ko -느니 Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic References