-다니

Korean

다 (-da) +‎ 니 (-ni).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	-dani
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dani
McCune–Reischauer^?	tani
Yale Romanization^?	tani

다니 • (-dani)

In the intimate style or in monologues, used to express surprise or anger at something one has just learned or remembered. Often followed by a sentence expanding on the emotion being felt.
우리나라 가 선진국 이 되었다니... ― Urinara-ga seonjingug-i doeeot-da-ni... ― Wow, Korea has become a developed country.

벌써 서른 살 먹었다니, 참 세월 도 빠르다.
Beolsseo seoreun sal meog-eot-da-ni, cham sewol-do ppareuda.
I'm thirty years old already; time flies by.

부모님 면전 에 욕 을 하다니, 너 미쳤어?
Bumonim myeonjeon-e yog-eul ha-da-ni, neo michyeosseo?
You're swearing in front of your parents; are you insane?

여자친구 한테 미쳤냐 고 하다니.
Yeojachingu-hante michyeonnya-go ha-da-ni.
How does he have the gall to ask his girlfriend if she's insane?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 다 (-da),‎ 니 (-ni) — equivalent to a short form of 다 고 하 니 (-da-go ha-ni)
친구 가 아프다니? ― Chingu-ga apeu-da-ni? ― Does he say that his friend is sick?

너 가 아니라니 다행 이야. ― Neo-ga ani-ra-ni dahaeng-'iya. ― What a relief that it isn't you.

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