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Grammar Advanced TOPIK II · Level 5–6 Advanced Korean 2 · final ending

-으니4

-으니④: How Dare… / Some…! — Blame Ending

Ending: how dare… / some…! — blaming or scolding with -으니.

Before this, make sure you know: -으니 , -아요 / -어요

How to form it

When Form Example
Batchim stems -으니 먹으니 / 있으니
Vowel / ㄹ stems -니 하니 / 가니 / 보니

This -으니④ is an ending that blames — how dare… / some…!.

Same letters as connective -(으)니. Different job. PLAN: 각각 쓴다.

Why this is hard

Shape overlap tricks everyone. 보니 재미있어요 (discovery connective) is not 잘도 하니! (scold). Curriculum tags this slot 비난.

What it does

잘도 먹으니!
그것도 모르니!
이제 와서 울으니!
제 마음대로 하니!

The sentence often ends here. Tone is censure or sarcastic remark.

Forms

Same surface as connective: batchim -으니, vowel / ㄹ -니 — but the job is ending blame.

하다 → 하니!
먹다 → 먹으니!
모르다 → 모르니!

When not to use it

Do not use this page for discovery connective — -(으)니.

Do not use it as soft because before advice — -으니까.

Do not paste blame tone onto every -니 you hear.

Neighbours — and why they differ

FormWhy it is not this slot
-(으)니Connective discovery / ground.
-으니까Because / since — often before suggestions.
-네Discovery/exclamation — not this blame coat.

Ask: does the line end in scolding? If yes, -으니④. If ‘I found…’, stay on connective -으니.

Do not confuse it with

-으니

on doing it, I found that — discovery rather than cause

-(으)니까

because (works before commands and suggestions)

-네 / -네요

noticing something out loud — mild surprise, said to yourself and to others

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 종결어미 (final ending) — Advanced Korean 2, Unit 3, on the theme of final ending. These come with it:

-는구려 how…! — a mild, slightly archaic exclamation -는구먼 oh, so it is… — noticing a newly realised fact -그려 you know / indeed — particle stressing the point to the listener -으리라 I shall… / it will… — resolve, or speculation about the situation -으오 …o — the old polite ending of formal speech -거들랑2 you should know… — telling the listener something they do not know (종결) -게3 do it — the 하게체 command -게4 mind you / see here — drawing the point back into view -구려2 do it, won't you — a soft command -네1 plain statement — the 하게체 -네 that just reports -는구만 so it is… — noticing a newly realised fact (casual) -는가2 the question is… — raising the issue rather than asking casually -나2 …? — a bare question to yourself or someone close -던2 was it…? — asking about what you experienced before -던가1 was it…, from experience? — past question from what you lived -던가2 was it…, I wonder? — past question as a guess -라2 plain statement — -라 after 이다-type stems -으리오 how could it…? — rhetorical pushback, often with lament -소 …so — the old polite style of shopkeepers and elders

Words used above

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-으니-euniblame / scold ending (this slot)
비난binanblame / censure
잘도jaldohow dare… (sarcastic)
종결jonggyeolsentence ending
연결yeon-gyeolconnective — other slot

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. Someone ate your lunch and you snap — censure, not a discovery sequel. Which line ends in blame?

2. 하다 — which line uses the -으니④ blame ending on a vowel stem?

3. You watched a film after a long time and found it fun — discovery connective, not blame. Which line fits?

Common questions

Sense?

비난 — ending that scolds or sarcastically remarks.

Vs junggeup -으니?

-(으)니 connective often discovery/ground. This ④ is ending blame.

How to tell?

Does a second clause follow as ‘I found…’? Connective. Does the sentence end in censure? This slot.

Register?

Quarrel, sarcasm, literary scolding — not soft café reason.