-더라

Form

Attaches to

Verb, Adjective, 이다, Auxiliary

Meanings

1. 1

   (formal, highly addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to convey in the present a fact the speaker realized anew from the speaker's personal experience.

   (아주낮춤으로) 말하는 이가 직접 경험하여 새롭게 알게 된 사실을 지금 전달함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

2. 2

   (formal, highly addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to either ask the self about the speaker's past experience or ask the interlocutor about the past experience that they had together.

   (아주낮춤으로) 말하는 이가 과거에 경험한 일을 떠올리며 스스로 묻거나, 함께했던 과거 경험에 대해 상대방에게 물어보는 뜻을 나타내는 종결 어미.

Examples

• 그 식당 손님이 많이 줄었더라.

  I noticed that restaurant's customers have dropped a lot.

• 할아버지께서 손자를 많이 보고 싶어 하시더라.

  I could tell Grandfather really missed his grandson.

• 지수가 동생들을 돌보느라고 고생이 많았겠더라.

  It looked like Jisu had a hard time taking care of her younger siblings.

• 내가 밥솥을 사서 써 보니 외국 제품보다는 국산이 좋더라.

  After buying and using a rice cooker myself, I found domestic ones better than foreign ones.

• 민준이는 노래를 잘 불러서 가수를 해도 되겠더라. 그래? 얼마나 잘하는지 나도 들어 보고 싶네.

  Minjun sings so well, I thought he could even be a singer. Really? Now I want to hear him too.

• 그걸 어디다 뒀더라?

  Now where did I put that?

Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Don’t confuse with

Forms with a close meaning — a favourite source of wrong answers on TOPIK.

• -더군I noticed/realized that...Lv 4