-는대

Form

Attaches to

Verb, Adjective, Auxiliary

Other shapes

-ㄴ대 · -는대요 · -대 · -대요 · -래 · -래요 · -으래 · -으래요 · -재 · -재요

Meanings

1. 1

   (informal addressee-lowering) An expression used to indirectly tell something the speaker heard from another person.

   (두루낮춤으로) 다른 사람이 말한 내용을 간접적으로 전할 때 쓰는 표현.

2. 2

   (informal addressee-lowering) An expression used to ask about something the listener knows from having heard it.

   (두루낮춤으로) 듣는 사람이 이전에 들어서 알고 있는 사실을 물어볼 때 쓰는 표현.

Examples

• 주말에 비 온대.

  They say it's going to rain this weekend.

• 수업이 7시에 끝난대.

  I heard class ends at 7.

• 승규가 방학 때 바닷가에 놀러 간대.

  I heard Seunggyu is going to the beach during vacation.

• 지수가 아파서 내일 학교에 못 온대.

  I heard Jisu is sick and can't come to school tomorrow.

• 희선가 뭐라고 해? 어, 거기는 지금 눈이 온대

  What did Huiseon say? Oh, she says it's snowing where she is right now.

• 애들이 이 영화를 본대?

  Are the kids going to watch this movie, did they say?

Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.