니

(see above for suffixes)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ni]
• Phonetic hangul: [니]

See 네 (ne).

니 • (ni)

1. Pronunciation spelling of 네 (ne, form of 너 (neo, “you”)).

   이거 니 꺼야? ― Igeo ni kkeo-ya? ― Is this yours?

   니가 나를 어떻게 생각하는데? ― Ni-ga na-reul eotteoke saenggakha-neunde? ― So what do you think about me?

2. (Gyeongsang, southern Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 너 (neo, “you”).

   니는 이름이 뭣고? (Gyeongsang dialect) ― Ni-neun ireum-i mwot-go? ― What's your name?

See the main entry.

니 • (ni)

1. (Pyongan or in compounds) Alternative form of 이 (i, “tooth”)

• See the main entry.

Sino-Korean word from 二.

니 • (ni) (hanja 二)

1. (Pyongan, potentially exclusively in compounds) Alternative form of 이(二) (i, “two”)
   • 2007 March 5, 유응환 [yueunghwan], “수심가 (장가) [susimga (jangga)]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 평안남도 진남포시 (현 남포특별시) [pyeong'annamdo jinnamposi (hyeon nampoteukbyeolsi)]:

     그러니까, 육니오, 일사후퇴 적의 넘어왔으니까.

     Geureonikka, yungnio, ilsahutoe jeog-ui neomeowasseunikka.

     Because I crossed over during the January 4th Retreat of the Korean War (6.25 War).

   • Although the singer, a Korean war refugee, states that he was born in Anak County of South Hwanghae Province, it is implied that he spent most of his life up until the war in Jinnampo (modern day Nampo), making it likely that his speech is more reflective of the Pyongan dialect of the region he grew up in, rather than the Hwanghae dialect of his birthplace.

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

In the majority of Modern Korean dialects (except that of Pyongan), these are traditionally pronounced as 니 (ni) only as the non-initial character of a compound, and as 이 (i) in isolation or as the first element of a compound. After a North Korean spelling reform in the mid-twentieth century, North Koreans always pronounce it as 니 (ni) in all environments.

니 (ni)