-더니
-deoni
was ...but then; and so
Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to describe a past situation the speaker personally observed, followed by a related or contrasting new development, or by a natural consequence that followed from it.
Form
- Attaches to
- Verb, Adjective, Auxiliary
Meanings
- 1
A connective ending used when a certain fact or situation happened after a fact or situation in the past.
과거의 사실이나 상황에 뒤이어 어떤 사실이나 상황이 일어남을 나타내는 연결 어미.
- 2
A connective ending used when there is a new fact different from what one realized from an experience in the past.
과거에 경험하여 알게 된 사실과 다른 새로운 사실이 있음을 나타내는 연결 어미.
- 3
A connective ending used when there is another different fact related to a certain fact in the past.
과거의 어떤 사실에 대하여 그와 관련된 또 다른 사실이 있음을 나타내는 연결 어미.
Examples
하늘이 흐려지더니 비가 온다.
The sky grew cloudy, and now it's raining.
밥을 많이 먹었더니 배가 부르다.
I ate a lot, and now I'm full.
오랫동안 컴퓨터를 했더니 머리가 아프다.
I was on the computer for a long time, and now I have a headache.
승규야, 너 걸음걸이가 어딘가 불편해 보여. 어제 오랜만에 달리기를 했더니 다리가 아파서 그래.
Seunggyu, your walk looks a bit off. It's because I went running yesterday for the first time in a while, and now my legs hurt.
아침에는 눈이 오더니 지금은 하늘이 맑네.
It was snowing this morning, but now the sky is clear.
민준이가 아까까지만 해도 자고 있더니 지금은 공부를 하네?
Minjun was sleeping just a while ago, and now he's studying?
Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
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