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V-다시피 — as you know · as you can see — starting from what the listener already knows
As you know · as you can see — starting from what the listener already knows. Korean grammar for upper intermediate learners — Level 4A, lesson 3: 건강한 삶 (A healthy life — habits, excuses and warnings).
What it means
-다시피 points at something your listener already knows, can see or has heard, and uses it as the starting point for what you want to say: 여러분도 알다시피 요즘 독감이 유행이에요 'as you all know, flu is going around'. It attaches to a small group of verbs of knowing and perceiving — 알다, 보다, 듣다, 느끼다, 짐작하다, 배우다, 말하다 — straight onto the stem, with no 받침 change: 알다시피, 보다시피, 짐작하다시피. When it refers back to something already said, heard or learned, put -았/었- in: 지난주에 말했다시피 'as I said last week', 1과에서 배웠다시피 'as we learned in Lesson 1'. In presentations and meetings, and whenever your listeners are above you, add the honorific -(으)시-: 아시다시피, 보시다시피, 들으셨다시피; plain 알다시피 said to a manager or a teacher sounds as if you were lecturing them. -다시피 never ends a sentence — the point you want to make always follows — which is why it is so common at the start of a presentation, a meeting or an explanation.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| V-다시피 | 알다 · 보다 · 듣다 · 느끼다 · 짐작하다 · 배우다 · 말하다 + 다시피 (받침 O · X 같아요) | 알다 + 다시피 → 알다시피 |
Key points
- V-다시피 = as … (you know · you see · you heard): it goes on verbs of knowing and perceiving — 알다시피 · 보다시피 · 느끼다시피 · 짐작하다시피 — and points at something the listener shares with you. It never ends a sentence.
- Already said or learned → -았/었다시피 (말했다시피 · 배웠다시피). To an audience or to someone above you → -(으)시-: 아시다시피 · 보시다시피 · 들으셨다시피. Typical of presentations, meetings and explanations.
Examples
- 듣는 사람도 이미 아는 것이나 보고 있는 것을 가리키면서 말을 시작할 때 써요: 여러분도 알다시피 요즘 독감이 유행이에요.
- 알다 · 보다 · 듣다 · 느끼다 · 짐작하다 · 배우다 · 말하다 같은 동사에 붙어요: 알다시피 · 보다시피 · 짐작하다시피.
- 이미 한 말이나 배운 것은 -았/었다시피: 지난주에 말했다시피 · 1과에서 배웠다시피.
- 발표나 회의에서 · 윗사람에게는 -(으)시-를 넣어요: 아시다시피 · 보시다시피 · 들으셨다시피.
- -다시피 뒤에는 꼭 하고 싶은 말이 와요. 친구에게는 「너도 알다시피」, 윗사람에게 「알다시피」는 ✗.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Sogang University Korean 5B, lesson 7; Hongik University Korean 5A, lesson 4; Hanyang University Korean 4-2, lesson 7; Seoul National University Korean 5A, lesson 4.
Also in this lesson
- A/V-(으)ㄹ 정도로 — so … that … · to the point of … — showing how bad (or how good) it is
- A/V-는 탓에 · N 탓에 — because of … (and it's to blame) — the cause of a bad result
- V-다가는 — if you keep … (something bad will happen) — warnings