-는군
-neun-gun
I see that...!; oh, so...!
An informal sentence-final ending used to express noticing or being struck by a fact the speaker has just realized—'oh, I see that...!' It attaches to a verb stem (구나 is used with adjectives and nouns).
Form
- Attaches to
- Verb, Adjective, 이다, Auxiliary
- Other shapes
- -군 · -는군요 · -군요
Meanings
- 1
(informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate that the speaker notices or is impressed by a newly learned fact.
(두루낮춤으로) 새롭게 알게 된 사실에 주목하거나 감탄함을 나타내는 종결 어미.
- 2
(formal, highly addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to imply a certain feeling in a newly learned fact.
(아주낮춤으로) 새롭게 알게 된 사실에 어떤 느낌을 실어 말함을 나타내는 종결 어미.
Examples
세월이 참 빨리 가는군.
Time really flies, huh.
다들 생활은 힘들어도 열심히 사는군.
Everyone lives hard even though life is tough, I see.
아기가 엄마에게 보채지도 않고 혼자서 잘 노는군.
The baby plays well by herself without fussing at her mom, I see.
군대에 들어온 지 몇 달이 지나니 적응이 되는군. 그래. 지금처럼 남은 군 생활도 잘하도록 해.
A few months into the military and I'm getting used to it now. Good, keep it up for the rest of your service just like now.
유민이는 춤을 꽤 잘 추는군.
Oh, Yumin dances pretty well.
올해는 유난히 비가 많이 내리는군.
It's raining unusually a lot this year, huh.
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.
Quick check
1. What does ‘-는군’ mean?
2. Which form means “I see that...!; oh, so...!”?