-은가

Korean

Alternative forms

• -는가 (-neun'ga) (with verbs)
• -인가 (-in'ga) (with nouns)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯnɡa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [은가]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eun'ga
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eunga
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭn'ga
Yale Romanization?	unka

Noun

-은가 • (-eun'ga)

1. a final ending indicating a question or a guess, attached to an adjective

   저녁에 먹을 게 많-은가요? ― Jeonyeog-e meog-eul ge man-eun'gayo? ― Is there plenty to eat for supper?

2. combined with 보다 (boda): it seems, it appears, it looks like

   날이 좋-은가 봐요. ― Nar-i jo-eun'ga bwayo. ― The weather seems to be nice.

Usage notes

• Adjectival stems ending in a vowel or ㄹ (l) will take -ㄴ가 (-n'ga) and adjectival stems ending in any consonant apart from ㄹ (l), take -은가 (-eun'ga)