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-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. 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. 1. What does ‘-더라고’ mean?

  2. 2. Which form means “I found out that... (retelling)”?