🌟 -는다니

Ending of a Word

1. (두루낮춤으로) 뜻밖의 사실에 놀라서 되묻거나 감탄할 때 쓰는 종결 어미.

1. -NEUNDANI: (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used when asking again or admiring an unexpected fact in surprise.

🗣️ Usage Example:

밥을 먹고 어떻게 바로 눕는다니?
How can you lie down right after eating?
대체 우리는 언제 저녁을 먹는다니?
When the hell do we have dinner?
이런 더러운 의자에 누가 앉는다니?
Who's sitting in this dirty chair?
좁은 공간에서 몇 시간이고 앉아 있는다니?
Sitting in a confined space for hours?
♔ 어쩜, 승규는 저렇게 잇몸이 훤하게 다 보이도록 웃는다니?
How can seung-gyu laugh so hard that his gums are all visible?
♕ 그러게. 보는 사람까지 즐거워져.
Yeah. it's fun for even the viewers.

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📚 Annotation: ‘ㄹ’을 제외한 받침 있는 동사 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

💕Start 는다니 🌾End

Start 는

는 End

Start 다

다 End

Start 니

니 End

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