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A/V-데(요) — I noticed … · it was …, I found — passing on something you experienced yourself, shorter and softer than -더라고요 (and not -대요, which is hearsay)
I noticed … · it was …, I found — passing on something you experienced yourself, shorter and softer than -더라고요 (and not -대요, which is hearsay). Korean grammar for advanced learners — Level 5B, lesson 1: 캠퍼스 첫 학기 (First semester on campus — orientation, clubs, seniors and juniors, cafeteria life, and turning down a drink).
What it means
A/V-데(요) lightly passes on something you experienced yourself: 학식이 생각보다 맛있데요 'the cafeteria food was better than I expected, I found'. It is shorter and softer than -더라고요. Attach -데요 to any stem, (이)데요 to a noun, -았/었데요 for something already done when you saw it; 반말 is -데. It sounds like -대요 but is different: -대요 is what someone told you (맛있대요), -데요 is what you found yourself (맛있데요). Not for your own deliberate action; with a teacher or in a talk, -더라고요 is safer.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A/V-데요 | 동사 · 형용사 (받침 상관없음) | 맛있다 → 맛있데요 |
| N(이)데요 | 명사 | 선배 → 선배데요 |
| -았/었데요 · -데 | 이미 끝난 일 · 반말 | 자리가 다 차다 → 다 찼데요 |
Key points
- A/V-데(요) = I found that … — -더- + -어요: shorter and softer than -더라고요, common among friends. N(이)데요 · -았/었데요 · 반말 -데.
- Not -대요 (hearsay). Not for your own deliberate action; with 저 only feelings.
Examples
- 내가 직접 겪은 일을 가볍게 전할 때 써요: 학식이 생각보다 맛있데요. 「-더라고요」보다 짧고 부드러워요.
- 받침 상관없이 「-데요」, 명사는 「(이)데요」, 이미 끝난 일은 「-았/었데요」, 반말은 「-데」예요.
- 「-대요」와 소리가 비슷하지만 달라요. 「-대요」는 남에게 들은 말이에요: 맛있대요(들었어요) · 맛있데요(내가 먹어 봤어요).
- 내가 한 일에는 쓰지 않아요. 선생님께 말할 때나 발표에서는 「-더라고요」가 더 안전해요.
Also in this lesson
- A/V-(으)ㄹ뿐더러 — not only … but also — adding a second, stronger point in the same direction (close to -(으)ㄹ 뿐만 아니라 · -거니와 from Lesson 4B-8)
- V-자기에 — since someone suggested 'let's …' — explaining what you did because of a suggestion (-자고 하기에, shortened)
- A/V-더라고(요) — I saw that … · it turned out … — passing on what you found out yourself, now in a story told in order, quoting what people said (그러더라고요) and with -았/었더라고요 · Lesson 4B-3, deeper