Questions & Interogatives

뭐 (mwo)

What (Standalone noun object)

뭐 해요 (mwo hae-yo)

What are you doing? / What do you do?

어떻게 (eo-tteok-ge)

How

몇 (myeot)

How many / Which number (Answer is always a numerical unit)

왜 (wae)

Why

어떤 (eo-tteon)

Which / What kind of (Sits before a noun to ask about traits)

무슨 (mu-seun)

What / What kind of (Sits before a noun to ask about a specific item or category)

얼마 (eol-ma)

How much (Used for prices and counting systems)

누구 (nu-gu)

Who (📱 Text message contraction with subject marker 가

언제 (eon-je)

When

겠어 (ges-seo)

"Will you…?" / "Are you going to…?"

어떻다 (eo-tteot-da)

To be how (Conjugates casually to 어때? = How is it? / What do you think?) ❓

~는 거 좋아?

Do you like the idea of [doing something]?

무슨 일 있어? (mu-seun il is-sseo)

Is something going on? / Is anything wrong?

뭐겠어? (mwo-get-sseo)

What do you think it is? (Playful native teasing phrase)

무슨 소식 있어? (mu-seun so-sik is-sseo)

Is there any news? / Any updates? ❓