-냥

See also: 이다

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɲa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [냥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nyang
McCune–Reischauer?	nyang
Yale Romanization?	nyang

Etymology

From 냥 (nyang, “meow”).

Particle

냥 • (-nyang)

1. A particle attached to the end of verbs when imitating a cat

   물고기는 맛있다냥~

   mulgogi-neun masitda-nyang~

   Fish is delicious, meow~

Usage notes

• Commonly used together with the tilde symbol "~".
• It is rarely used with verbs in the informal polite form (해요체 (haeyoche)).
• It can also be used whenever there is a natural break in a sentence.

• 나는냥~ 고양이야~

  naneunnyang~ goyang'i-ya~

  I'm, meow, a cat~