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A-다니까(요) · V-ㄴ/는다니까(요) · N(이)라니까(요) —정말 괜찮다니까요 — I'm telling you … · I said … — saying it again, more strongly
I'm telling you … · I said … — saying it again, more strongly. Korean grammar for intermediate learners — Level 3B, lesson 9: 거울이 깨지고 말았어요 (The mirror ended up broken — mistakes and apologies).
What it means
-다니까(요) repeats something you have already said, more strongly, because the other person doesn't believe you or isn't listening: 정말 괜찮다니까요 'I'm telling you, I'm fine'. It is short for -다고 했으니까요 'since I've (already) said that …' — the quote ending of Lesson 3A-1 plus -(으)니까 — so it takes the same shapes as -다고 하다. Adjectives and 있다/없다 add 다니까요 (괜찮다니까요, 없다니까요); verbs add ㄴ다니까요 after a vowel or ㄹ (간다니까요, 만든다니까요 — the ㄹ drops) and 는다니까요 after a 받침 (먹는다니까요); nouns add 라니까요 after a vowel and 이라니까요 after a 받침 (실수라니까요, 물이라니까요), and 아니다 becomes 아니라니까요. For the past use -았/었다니까요 with every verb and adjective: 벌써 다 치웠다니까요. With friends, drop 요: 괜찮다니까. The tone does all the work. Said softly with a smile it reassures — 정말 괜찮다니까요 — and it is also how Koreans politely fight over the bill: 제가 낸다니까요! Said hard, it sounds annoyed ('how many times do I have to say it?'), so be careful with teachers, bosses and older people, and never start with it: say 괜찮아요 first, and -다니까요 only the second time. Don't mix it up with -다니요? (Lesson 3B-8), which is surprise at what someone else has said.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -다니까요 | 형용사 · 있다/없다 · 과거 -았/었- | 괜찮다 + 다니까요 → 괜찮다니까요 |
| -ㄴ다니까요 · -는다니까요 | 동사 — 받침 X · ㄹ → ㄴ다니까요 / 받침 O → 는다니까요 | 가다 + ㄴ다니까요 → 간다니까요 |
| (이)라니까요 | 명사 — 받침 O 이라니까요 / 받침 X 라니까요 · 아니다 → 아니라니까요 | 실수 + 라니까요 → 실수라니까요 |
Key points
- Adjective → -다니까요 (괜찮다니까요) · verb → -ㄴ다니까요 after a vowel or ㄹ (간다니까요 · 만든다니까요), -는다니까요 after a 받침 (먹는다니까요) · noun → (이)라니까요 (실수라니까요 · 물이라니까요). Past: -았/었다니까요.
- It is short for -다고 했으니까요 'I've already told you': you are repeating yourself. Said softly it reassures (괜찮다니까요); said hard it sounds annoyed — careful with people above you. 반말: -다니까.
Examples
- 내가 한 말을 상대가 안 믿거나 잘 안 들을 때 한 번 더 강조해서 말해요: 정말 괜찮다니까요.
- 형용사 → -다니까요: 괜찮다니까요 · 안 아프다니까요 · 없다니까요.
- 동사 → 받침 X · ㄹ -ㄴ다니까요(간다니까요 · 만든다니까요) · 받침 O -는다니까요(먹는다니까요).
- 명사 → (이)라니까요: 실수라니까요 · 물이라니까요. 아니다 → 아니라니까요.
- 지난 일은 -았/었다니까요: 벌써 다 치웠다니까요. 말투가 세면 화가 난 것 같아서 윗사람에게는 조심해요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 3B, lesson 18; Yonsei University Korean 4-2, lesson 11.
Also in this lesson
- V-고 말다 —거울이 깨지고 말았어요 — it ended up … · I ended up … — something nobody wanted, in the end
- V-(으)ㄴ 다음에 —사진을 찍은 다음에 유리를 치우세요 — after … — saying what comes next
- V-아/어 오다 —어린 시절부터 연극을 해 왔어요 — have been …-ing (all along, up to now)