Question

에릭은 나에게 어디로 가면 좋(으)냐고 물었어요 The -으/느냐 plain style question ending is used when quoting questions indirectly. The -으냐고 quoting principle attaches to adjective stems; -느냐고 follows verb stems. -느냐고 follows stems with the past, future -겠- tense markers, and the honorific principle -(으)시-.In colloquial speech and often in modern writing, the short version -냐고 (with dropped -느/으) is commonly used. However, the less used full -으/느냐 quoted question principle is regarded as standard in written Korean.

Accepted Answer

Eric asked me where to go

Front	에릭은 나에게 어디로 가면 좋(으)냐고 물었어요
Back	Eric asked me where to go
Notes	The -으/느냐 plain style question ending is used when quoting questions indirectly. The -으냐고 quoting principle attaches to adjective stems; -느냐고 follows verb stems. -느냐고 follows stems with the past, future -겠- tense markers, and the honorific principle -(으)시-. In colloquial speech and often in modern writing, the short version -냐고 (with dropped -느/으) is commonly used. However, the less used full -으/느냐 quoted question principle is regarded as standard in written Korean.

Principle 으/느냐 Question Quoting 느냐고 에릭은 나에게 어디로