Korean grammar - Indefinite Nouns - 누군가, 어딘가, 뭔가 & 언젠가 |
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A question word (interrogative) can be converted into an indefinite noun by attaching ㄴ가 (or ㄴ지). • Someone: 누구 (who) + ㄴ가 ⇒ 누군가 • Somewhere: 어디 (where) + ㄴ가 ⇒ 어딘가 • Something: 뭐 (what) + ㄴ가 ⇒ 뭔가 • Sometime/day: 언제 (when) + ㄴ가 ⇒ 언젠가 The interrogative 왜 (why) is special. It takes a ㄴ지 ending to give 왠지 (for some reason) |
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누가 왔어요?
Who came? |
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누군가 왔어요.
Someone came. |
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누굴 만날 거예요?
Who will (you) meet?
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누군가 왔어요.
Someone has come/arrived. |
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누군가가 내 뒤에 있다.
Someone is behind me. |
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누군가에게 시키세요!
Tell/order someone to do it! |
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어딘가 있을 거예요.
(I guess) she must be somewhere.
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언젠가 미국에 가고 싶어요
Someday (I) want to go to American. |
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언제 미국에 가고 싶어요?
When do you want to go to America? |
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언제 일본에 갈 거예요?
When will (you) go to Japan? |
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언젠가 일본에 갈 거예요.
Someday (I) will go to Japan. |
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뭘 찾았어요?
What did (you) find?
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뭔가 찾았어요?
Did (you) find something? |
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뭔가 이상해요.
Something is strange. |
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뭐가 이상해요?
What is strange? |
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어디에 있어요?
Where is (it)? |
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여기 어딘가에 있어요.
(It) is here somewhere. |
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뭔가 묻었어요.
(It) has something stuck on (it). |
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언젠가 올 거라고 믿을 거예요.
I will trust that (you) will come some time. |
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어딘가 여행하고 싶어요.
(I) want to travel somewhere. |
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유석 씨의 얼굴에 뭔가 묻었어요.
Yuseok has something stuck on (his) face.
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어딘가에 있겠죠?
(I guess) (it) must be somewhere, right? |
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요즘 왠지 피곤해요.
These days, (I) am tired for some reason. |
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왠지 모르겠어요.
(I) don't know for what (some) reason.
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