Difference between revisions of "ㄴ/는 + 다면서요"

Latest revision as of 09:44, 29 March 2013

A/V + (으)ㄴ/는 + 다면서 : This grammar pattern is used in the following ways:

To confirm something you've heard from another person or source and asking someone if it's true. Approximately equal to 'I heard that ... (is it true?)'
When something is contrary to what someone previously said. Approximately equal to 'you said that...', 'I thought you were...' or 'I thought you said you were...' This can be used to criticize someone.

Conjugation Rule
	Pattern	Case	Example
Rule 1:	Adjective + 다면서요 Verb + ㄴ다면서요	If there is no 받침 or if the adjective/verb stem has ㄹ as a 받침
Rule 2:	Adjective + 다면서요 Verb + 는다면서요	If there is a 받침 at the end of the adjective/verb stem

Korean	English	Notes
곧 결혼 한다면서요?	I heard you're getting married soon (is this true?)	Informal polite
서울에는 지금 눈이 많이 온다면서?	I heard that it's snowing a lot in Seoul (is this true?)	low form (반말)
너 수술 했다면서?	I heard you had an operation (is this true?)	low form (반말)
너 아팠다면서?	I heard you were hurting (is this true?)	low form (반말)
철수씨, 승진했다면서요? 축하해요!	Hey Chul-su, I heard you got promoted right? Congratulations!	Informal polite
한국에서는 신문사에 취직하기가 힘들다면서요?	I heard it's difficult to get a job at a Korean news paper.	Informal polite

Korean	English	Notes
나한테 전화 한다면서! 왜 안했어?	I thought you said you were going to call me. Why didn't you?	low form (반말)

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 |Korex6 = 한국에서는 신문사에 취직하기가 힘들다면서요?
 |Engex6 = I heard it's difficult to get a job at a Korean news paper.
-|Comment6 =
+|Comment6 = Informal polite
 |Korex7 =
 |Engex7 =