-(스)ㅂ니까

(seu)mnikka

Grammar · 1 sense

Polite question

Examples

보통 몇 시에 잡니까?

What time do you usually go to bed?

신랑 좀 빌려주시겠습니까?

Could you lend me your husband for a moment?

질문 있습니까?

Do you have any questions?

When you'd hear it

This ending appears in announcements, interviews, customer service, classrooms, and formal workplace speech. It can sound stiff among friends, who generally use -아요/어요 instead.

What learners get wrong

Learners often attach 습니까 after every stem: vowel-final stems take ㅂ니까 directly, as in 갑니까, while consonant-final stems take 습니까, as in 먹습니까.

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