-은지

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯɲd͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [은지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eunji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eunji
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭnji
Yale Romanization?	un.ci

Suffix

은지 • (-eunji)

1. indirect question marker: whether, if; who, what, where, how ...

   미안한데, 혹시 그 여자 아이 몇 반인지 알아?

   Mianhande, hoksi geu yeoja ai myeot baninji ara?

   I'm sorry, but do you know what class she's in?

   그렇게까지 예쁜지는 모르겠는데.

   Geureokekkaji yeppeunjineun moreugenneunde.

   I'm not sure if she is pretty that much.

2. vague question

   부친께서는 안녕하신지요?

   Buchinkkeseoneun annyeonghasinjiyo?

   How's your father doing?

3. because perhaps

   어디가 아픈지 계속 누워만 있다.

   Eodiga apeunji gyesok nuwoman itda.

   He is lying all the time. I wonder if he's sick somewhere.

Usage notes

The suffix ㄴ지 (-nji) takes the sequential form of an adjective or 이다 (ida, “to be”), and if the adjective ends in ㄹ (l, “l”), the ㄹ (l, “l”) drops out.

For verbs and existential adjectives 있다 (itda, “to exist”), 없다 (eopda, “not to exist”), and 계시다 (gyesida, “to exist (honorific)”), or to make use of non-present tense, -는지 (-neunji) is used.

Not to be confused with ㄴ 지 (-n ji), meaning the time since the event which ㄴ (-n) indicates happened. See 지 (ji).

See also

• -는지 (-neunji)
• 던지 (-deonji, past retrospect)
• ㄹ지 (-ljji, future)
• ㄹ는지 (-lleunji, future)