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~은가요/~나요 question I learned that ~은가요 is used with adjectives and ~나요 with verbs, except 있다/없다. However, I listened to a song that had "아는가요" (from the verb 알다) in the lyrics. And just recently I saw somewhere written "~고 싶나요" and I know ~고 싶다 is considered an adjective. Is there something I'm missing?
Nov 29, 2018 3:18 AM
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아는가요 is correct. In 아는가요, 는가(요) is another suffix. It is not same to (으)ㄴ가(요)/나(요). -는가(요) is used when asking about present situation formally.(old-fashioned, not common nowadays) e.g. 지금 뭐 하는가요?(formal) = 지금 뭐 해요?(informal) 이것을 아는가요?(formal) = 이것을 알아요?(informal) In colloquial language, ~나요 is commonly used instead of ~ (으)ㄴ가(요) with adjective. ~고 싶나요 = ~고 싶은가요 어렵나요 = 어려운가요
November 29, 2018
'아는가요' is grammartically wrong. It should be '아나요'.
November 29, 2018
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