-더라고
-deorago
I found out that... (retelling)
An informal sentence-final ending used to report, in the present moment, a fact the speaker personally learned through a past experience — like saying 'I saw/noticed that...'.
Form
- Attaches to
- Verb, Adjective, 이다, Auxiliary
- Other shapes
- -더라고요
Meanings
- 1
(informal addressee-lowering) An expression used to refer to and convey in the present a fact the speaker learned through a past experience to the listener.
(두루낮춤으로) 과거에 경험하여 새로 알게 된 사실에 대해 지금 상대방에게 옮겨 전할 때 쓰는 표현.
Examples
아까 지수는 시장에 가더라고.
I saw Jisu heading to the market earlier.
어제 보니 산에는 눈이 쌓였더라고.
I saw yesterday that snow had piled up on the mountain.
유민이는 키가 크더라고.
I noticed Yumin is tall.
승규 집에 가 봤어요? 그래. 가 봤어. 승규 집에는 없는 게 없더라고.
Did you go to Seunggyu's house? Yeah, I did. I found there's nothing his house doesn't have.
승규 집에 가 봤어요?
Did you go to Seunggyu's house?
그래. 가 봤어. 승규 집에는 없는 게 없더라고.
Yeah, I did. I found there's nothing his house doesn't have.
Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
Quick check
1. What does ‘-더라고’ mean?
2. Which form means “I found out that... (retelling)”?