-다니

Korean Alternative forms ko -라니 for the environments of the ko -라 allomorph Etymology ko -다 -니. Pronunciation Suffix suffix In the intimate style or in monologues, used to express surprise or anger at something one has just learned or remembered. Often followed by a sentence expanding on the emotion being felt. ko 우리나라-가 선진국-이 되었-다-니... Wow, Korea has become a developed country. ko 벌써 서른 살 먹-었-다-니, 참 세월-도 빠르다. I'm thirty years old already; time flies by. ko 부모님 면전-에 욕-을 하-다-니, 너 미쳤어? You're swearing in front of your parents; are you insane? ko 여자친구-한테 미쳤냐-고 하-다-니. How does he have the gall to ask his girlfriend if she's insane? ko -다 -니 y — equivalent to a short form of ko -다-고 하-니 ko 친구-가 아프-다-니? Does he say that his friend is sick? ko 너-가 아니-라-니 다행-이야. What a relief that it isn't you. ko inflectional suffixes