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-더라고요

deo-ra-go-yo

I went, I saw, here it is: -더라고요

The picture Coming back from somewhere and laying the scene you saw out in front of the listener. -더라고요 lays out what your own eyes saw; -대요 passes along what someone else told you.

Endings and forms

Where the picture shows up in -더라고요

  1. the closed door you went to

    가 보니까 문이 닫혔더라고요.

    ga bo-ni-kka mu-ni da-chyeot-deo-ra-go-yo

    I went over and the place was closed.

    Having walked all the way there, seen the shut door and the lowered shutter, and come back to say so

  2. what your body learned by taking it

    그 약을 먹으니까 좀 낫더라고요.

    geu ya-geul meo-geu-ni-kka jom nat-deo-ra-go-yo

    I took that medicine and it helped a bit.

    Hours after the pill, feeling your own body go lighter, and only then reporting it

  3. the road you sat in

    아침에는 길이 많이 막히더라고요.

    a-chi-me-neun gi-ri ma-ni ma-ki-deo-ra-go-yo

    The traffic was bad in the morning.

    Pulling out the memory of standing in that morning road yourself, cars not moving

  4. the workload you walked into

    생각보다 일이 많더라고요.

    saeng-gak-bo-da i-ri man-deo-ra-go-yo

    There was more work than I expected.

    Sitting at the desk, counting the stacked files with your own hands, then coming back to report

  5. the difficulty your hands found

    직접 해 보니까 어렵더라고요.

    jik-jeop hae bo-ni-kka eo-ryeop-deo-ra-go-yo

    I tried it myself and it's hard.

    It looked easy while someone else did it; the weight is only known once your own hands take hold

    Do not use -더라고요 for someone else's experience. It attaches only to what you went through.

All of it in one picture

-더라고요 is a stamp saying you were there. Walk to the door and it becomes 닫혔더라고요; take the medicine and it becomes 낫더라고요; sit in the morning traffic and it becomes 막히더라고요. Count the files yourself and it becomes 많더라고요; take hold with your own hands and it becomes 어렵더라고요. That is why the word always carries the weight of 'I saw it myself'.

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