누나

nuna = older sister (said by a boy)

A bowl of Noodles slides into a plate of Nachos held by a grinning teenage girl, her little brother's Older Sister.

How to remember 누나

Each sound in nuna has a picture. Put them together and you get the scene above.

누
nu → Noodle

나
na → Nachos

Only boys and men say nuna. A girl or woman calls her older sister eonni.

누나예요.

Nuna yeyo.

It's my older sister.

누나가 있어요.

Nuna ga isseoyo.

I have an older sister.

Learn nuna in Korean lesson 9, free.