-냐고 quotes questions - reporting what someone asked.
Reported question - 뭐 먹냐고 물었어요 (asked what I was eating)
Indirect question - Conveying someone elses question
Wondering - 왜 그러냐고요 (asking why [that is])
Attach to verb stem - 먹 + 냐고 = 먹냐고
Past questions - 먹었냐고 (asked if [you] ate)
Contracts to -냬요 in casual speech
[They] asked where I was going.
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