📘 Intermediate Day 23: Quoting Questions – ~냐고 해요 Welcome to Day 23 of the Intermediate Korean series! 🎤 In the previous lesson, we learned how to report statements with ~다고 해요 and ~(이)라고 해요. Today, we’ll take it one step further by learning how to report questions using: ~냐고 해요 – “(They) asked if…” or “(They) asked whether…” This is especially useful for summarizing conversations or quoting someone’s question indirectly in Korean. Let’s explore how to use this structure in various situations! 📘 1. What is ~냐고 해요? ~냐고 해요 is used when you want to quote a question someone asked indirectly. It means “They asked if…” or “Someone said, ‘Did you…?’” It’s part of Korean indirect speech, and has specific rules depending on whether the verb is an action verb, descriptive verb, or a noun. 📘 2. Conjugation Rules for ~냐고 해요 Action verbs (present): stem + 냐고 해요 가다 → 가냐고 해요 Descriptive verbs (present): stem + (으)냐고 해요 예쁘다 → 예쁘냐고 해요 Past...

📘 How to Use ~냐고 해요 – Quoting Questions in Korean Want to say “He asked if I’m busy,” “She asked what time it is,” or “They asked if I had eaten” in Korean? Then you need to learn how to use ~냐고 해요 , which is the standard way to report someone else's question in Korean. This grammar is useful when you want to share what another person asked in both casual and formal conversations. 📌 What Does ~냐고 해요 Mean? ~냐고 해요 is used for indirect speech (reported questions) in Korean. It is used after a verb or adjective to report a question that was originally asked. Structure: Verb stem + 냐고 해요 (for regular verbs/adjectives) 이다 → (이)냐고 해요 (for nouns) 👉 Change 해요 to 했어요 / 하더라고요 / 합니다 based on formality and tense. 📘 Example Sentences 바쁘냐고 해요 – He asked if I’m busy ba-ppeu-nya-go hae-yo 언제 오냐고 했어요 – She asked when he is coming eon-je o-nya-go hae-sseo-yo 학생이냐고 했어요 – He asked if I’m a student hak-saeng-i-nya-go hae-sseo-yo 뭐 하냐고 했어요 – They asked wh...