Korean

Syllable

냐 • ‎(nya)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄴ and ㅑ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as 녀 (Yale: nye).

Suffix

냐 • ‎(nya)

1. a plain style interrogative suffix

   농사가 그리 싫으냐?‎

   Nongsaga geuri sireunya?

   I see you don't like farming, but that much?

   뒈지고 싶어서 환장 했냐?‎

   Dwejigo sipeoseo hwanjang haennya?

   (offensive) Ha, you seem eager to be killed?

Usage notes

The suffix 냐 (nya) takes the sequential form of an adjective and 이다 (ida, “to be”), but colloquially can also be directly appended to the stem of a verb or an adjective with vulgar sense. In both case, the consonant ㄹ (l) drops out, if any.

For the literary sense, verbs, existential adjectives 있다 (itda, “to exist”), 없다 (eopda, “not to exist”), and 계시다 (gyesida, “to exist (honorific)”), and adjectives with non-present tense are followed by 느냐 (neunya) instead.

See also

• 느냐 (neunya)