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What Does "ni doranno?" (니 돌았노?) Mean in Korean?

Are you crazy? — the hidden emotional layer and cultural context behind it, not just the dictionary translation.

Meaning

니 돌았노?

ni doranno?

Are you crazy?

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What Koreans really mean

A very informal Gyeongsang dialect expression meaning "Are you crazy?" or "Did you go crazy?". It can be used to express shock, disbelief, anger, or frustration, and sometimes jokingly among very close friends, but it's quite direct.

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• Said when a close friend suggests an extremely impulsive or risky idea that seems ill-advised or unreasonable.

• Used when someone acts in a completely unexpected and shocking way that deviates significantly from common sense or expectations.

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Grammar Breakdown

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니pronoun

Gyeongsang dialect informal second-person pronoun, equivalent to standard '너' (you).

돌았verb stem + past tense

Combination of '돌다' (to turn; to go crazy/mad) and the past tense marker '-았-'.

노?sentence-final ending (interrogative)

A Gyeongsang dialect informal interrogative ending, equivalent to standard '-니?' or '-어/아?'.

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slanggyeongsang-dialectaccusationdisbeliefinformal

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