-나

Busan: a yes/no question

Antas 1Pananalita sa Busan

In casual Busan speech, -나 asks whether a verbal or adjectival predicate is true.

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Use it with someone you can address casually. 비가 오나? checks whether it is raining; 비가 언제 오노? instead asks when.

The ending can follow a verb or adjective and can follow tense material: 먹었나? asks about a past action. A bare present noun predicate uses the -가 family, as in 학생이가?. When tense material intervenes in a noun predicate, the question instead uses -나, as in 학생이었나?.

Standard Korean also has uses of -나. This card teaches its role in the Busan question system rather than claiming the syllable belongs only to Busan. Shared polite questions remain useful.

Mga halimbawa (3)

  1. 지금 집에 가나?

    Are you going home now?

  2. 밥 먹었나?

    Have you eaten?

  3. 오늘 많이 바쁘나?

    Are you very busy today?

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