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A/V-다면서(요)? — I hear that … — is that right? · checking news you heard
I hear that … — is that right? · checking news you heard. Korean grammar for upper intermediate learners — Level 4A, lesson 4: 그 소식 들었다면서요? (Did you hear the news? — checking what you heard, and what might have been).
What it means
-다면서요? checks news you heard from someone else — on the news, in a group chat, from a friend: 내일 대전에 눈이 많이 온다면서요? 'I hear it's going to snow a lot in Daejeon tomorrow — is that right?'. It is a short form of -다고 하면서요?, so it follows the plain -다 forms of Lesson 2B-7 and the reported speech of Lesson 3A-1: adjectives and 있다/없다 take -다면서요? (춥다면서요?, 재미있다면서요?); verbs take -ㄴ다면서요? after a vowel or ㄹ (온다면서요?, 산다면서요?) and -는다면서요? after other 받침 (먹는다면서요?); nouns take -(이)라면서요? (매진이라면서요?, 녹화라면서요?), and 아니다 becomes 아니라면서요?. For the past, put -았/었- in front: 뉴스에 나왔다면서요?. It is very often about the listener's own news, because they know best — 홍보 동영상에 출연했다면서요? — and among friends you drop 요: 간다면서? Don't mix it up with -다고요? (Lesson 3A-8), which repeats something you have only just heard because it surprised you or you didn't catch it. The usual answers are 네, 맞아요 or 아니요, … followed by the real story.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A-다면서요? | 형용사 · 있다 · 없다 | 춥다 + 다면서요? → 춥다면서요? |
| V-ㄴ/는다면서요? | 동사 — 받침 X · ㄹ(빠짐) ㄴ다면서요? / 받침 O 는다면서요? | 오다 + ㄴ다면서요? → 온다면서요? |
| N(이)라면서요? | 명사 — 받침 O 이라면서요? / 받침 X 라면서요? | 매진 + 이라면서요? → 매진이라면서요? |
| -았/었다면서요? | 지난 일 — 동사 · 형용사 · 명사 모두 | 나오다 + 았다면서요? → 나왔다면서요? |
Key points
- -다면서요? = I hear that … — is that right? It follows the plain -다 forms of Lesson 2B-7: adjective 춥다면서요? · verb 온다면서요? · 먹는다면서요? · noun 매진이라면서요? (아니다 → 아니라면서요?)
- Past: -았/었다면서요? (출연했다면서요?). Among friends, drop 요: 간다면서? Lesson 3A-8 -다고요? repeats what you have just heard; -다면서요? checks news you heard earlier — very often the listener's own news.
Examples
- 다른 사람한테 들은 소식이 맞는지 물을 때 써요: 내일 대전에 눈이 많이 온다면서요?
- 형용사는 -다면서요?: 춥다면서요? · 복잡하다면서요? 명사는 (이)라면서요?: 매진이라면서요? · 녹화라면서요?
- 동사는 받침이 없으면 -ㄴ다면서요?, 받침이 있으면 -는다면서요?: 온다면서요? · 먹는다면서요?
- 지난 일은 -았/었다면서요?: 뉴스에 나왔다면서요? 친구한테는 요를 빼요: 간다면서?
- 3A 8과 -다고요?는 방금 들은 말을 다시 물을 때, -다면서요?는 전에 들은 소식을 확인할 때 써요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 4A, lesson 1; Yonsei University Korean 3-1, lesson 5; Sogang University Korean 3A, lesson 7; Ewha Womans University Korean 3-1, lesson 6; Hongik University Korean 3A, lesson 6; Hanyang University Korean 3-1, lesson 5.
Also in this lesson
- A/V-고(요)? — … and …? — adding one more question · N은/는요?
- A/V-았더라면/었더라면 — if (only) … had … — picturing a different past
- V-거든 — when … (then do this) — a condition for a request, a suggestion or a promise