No. 14,409 in Korean
무엇이냐고
"무엇이냐고" means "asking what something is."
In a sentence
그는 내게 무엇이냐고 물었다.
He asked me what it was.
'무엇이냐고' is used to quote a question about 'what it is' in reported speech.
학생들은 교실에서 그 물체가 무엇이냐고 궁금해했다.
The students wondered in the classroom what that object was.
'무엇이냐고' here indicates the content of the students' curiosity, referring to 'what that object is'.
작가가 쓴 글에서 우리는 행운의 의미가 무엇이냐고 되물었다.
In the writing by the author, we asked again what the meaning of luck was.
The term '무엇이냐고' represents the essence of inquiry in a reflective context about the meaning of luck.
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