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-나요

na-yo

Asking with the door only half open: -나요

The picture Opening the door toward the other person just a little, and putting the question there in a soft round voice. -나요 leaves the door ajar and sets the question down; -습니까 stands it up and asks you straight on.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in -나요

  1. carefully, about opening hours

    지금 문 열었나요?

    ji-geum mun yeo-reon-na-yo

    Are you open right now?

    Peering into a shop from the doorway and asking in a lowered voice

  2. checking a condition

    예약을 꼭 해야 하나요?

    ye-ya-geul kkok hae-ya ha-na-yo

    Do I have to make a reservation?

    Phone at your ear, notebook open in your hand, checking cautiously

  3. asking about the body

    지금도 열이 나나요?

    ji-geum-do yeo-ri na-na-yo

    Do you still have a fever?

    In the exam room, watching the patient's face and asking gently

  4. asking for permission

    이 서류 제가 가져가도 되나요?

    i seo-ryu je-ga ga-jyeo-ga-do doe-na-yo

    May I take this document?

    Your hand rests on the paper but has not lifted it yet, your eyes on the other person

  5. asking after an empty seat

    혹시 자리 있나요?

    hok-si ja-ri in-na-yo

    Do you have a table, by any chance?

    Holding a restaurant door half open while your eyes scan the empty tables inside

    Put 혹시 in front and the door opens even more gently.

All of it in one picture

-나요 is a question that opens the door only a crack. Open it at a shop front and you get 문 열었나요; open it with your notebook out and you get 해야 하나요; open it across from a patient and you get 열이 나나요. Open it with your hand resting on a document and it asks permission; open it through a restaurant doorway and it asks for a seat. Either way, it clears a space for the answer before the answer arrives.

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