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b.
Indirect Questions
	D.V. + (으)냐고 하다
	A.V. + (느)냐고 하다
	N. + (이)냐고 하다
	=> "(Someone) asks whether/if . . ."

Indirect questions are ones in which the speaker is reporting a question that is being asked by another individual. -(으)냐고 하다 is used after descriptive verbs, and - (느)냐고 하다 is used after action verbs. 으 and 느 may be dropped for some verbs. For example, one may say 길이 좁냐고 한다 or 길이 좁으냐고 한다 "(Someone) asks if the road is narrow," and 지금 눈이 오냐고 한다 or 지금 눈이 오느냐고 한다 "(Someone) asks whether it's snowing now."

• 
  방이 넓으냐고 해요.
  

=> (He) asks if the room is spacious.

• 
  언제 오냐고 해요.
  

=> (He) asks (me) when I will come.

• 
  언제 밥을 먹(느)냐고 했어요.
  

=> (He) asked when we are eating.

• 
  내일이 초하루냐고 했어요.
  

=> (He) asked whether tomorrow the first of the month is.

• 
  어제가 그믐이었냐고 했어요.
  

=> (He) asked whether yesterday was the end of the month.

• 
  학교가 클 거냐고 해요.
  

=> (He) asks whether the school is going to be large.

• 
  언제 올 거냐고 해요.
  

=> (He) asks (me) when I will come.

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