🌟 -니

Ending of a Word  

1. (예사 낮춤으로) 진리나 당연한 사실을 말함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

1. -NI: (formal, moderately addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used when stating a truth or obvious fact.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 부모에게 효도하는 것이 사람의 도리이니.
    It's human duty to be good to parents.
  • 어떤 일이든지 이론보다는 실전이 중요하니.
    Because practice is more important than theory in anything.
  • 남을 욕하는 것은 자기 얼굴에 침을 뱉는 것이니.
    To speak ill of others is to spit in one's face.
Reference Word -느니: (예사 낮춤으로) 진리나 당연한 사실을 말함을 나타내는 종결 어미.
Reference Word -으니: (예사 낮춤으로) 진리나 당연한 사실을 말함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

📚 Annotation: ‘이다’, 받침이 없거나 ‘ㄹ’ 받침인 형용사 또는 ‘-으시-’ 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

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