-으니까

Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eunikka
Revised Romanization (translit.)?euni'kka
McCune–Reischauer?ŭnikka
Yale Romanization?uni.kka

Suffix

-으니까 • (-eunikka)

  1. Emphatic form of -으니 (-euni, “since, because, as”)

Usage notes

  • This is the form usually used in speech; -으니 (-euni) is more common in written form.
  • 으니까 (-eunikka) causes stem-final ㄹ (l) to drop out.

Alternative forms

  • -니까 (-nikka) — After vowels and ㄹ (l)
  • -으닝까 (-euningkka), -닝까 (-ningkka) — northern Gyeongsang dialectal

Derived terms

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