-는데

Korean Alternative forms ko -은데 after consonant-final adjectival stems ko -ㄴ데 after vowel-final and ㄹ-final adjectival stems Etymology Possibly grammaticalized from ko 는 데 that, which is present-tense adnominal suffix place dependent noun. Pronunciation Suffix since; used to convey current relevant circumstances before an explanation, suggestion, question, etc. ko 밖-이 시끄러운데 무슨 일 있나? It's noisy outside; is something going on? Bakk-i sikkeureounde museun il inna? ko 날-이 좋던데 어디 놀러 안 갈래? I saw that it was nice outside, why don't we go have fun? Nar-i joteonde eodi nolleo an gallae? ko 야, 밖-에 눈 오-는데 눈싸움-하자! Hey, it's snowing outside! Let's have a snowball fight! In the "intimate" speech level used between friends, by superiors to inferiors, etc., a verb-final suffix: An exclamatory suffix conveying surprise or hesitation. ko 여, 제법인데? Oh, nice performance; better than I expected! Yeo, jebeob-i-nde? ko Kore 그렇지만 나이-도 있으신데... But he's quite old... Geureochiman nai-do isseu-si-nde... ko 이러다 금메달-도 따-겠--는데? At this rate, you're going to get the gold medal! An interrogative suffix urging the listener to respond, used with an interrogative. ko 뭐-를 먹-었--는데? So what did you eat? Usage notes ko -는데 causes stem-final ko ㄹ to drop out. ko -는데 is used for all verbs, for the existential adjectives ko 있다, ko 없다, and ko 계시다, and for adjectives with tense marking with ko -었- and ko -겠-. The grammatical principle of ko -는데 can be applied to adjectives. However, instead of attaching ko -는데, you must attach ko -ㄴ데/ko -은데, where ko -은데 comes after an adjective that ends in a consonant, and ko -ㄴ데 attaches directly to an adjective that ends in a vowel (or with the consonant ko ㄹ). This applies to the copula ko -이다 as well. Note that ko 싶다 to want is an adjective. ko inflectional suffixes