-거든요
geo-deun-yo
Bringing out the reason they could not see: -거든요
The picture Reaching behind you for a circumstance they could not see, and setting it down in front of them. -거든요 is a hand bringing out what they had no way of knowing; -잖아요 is a finger pointing back at what you both already know.
Where the picture shows up in -거든요
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putting out why you must hang up
제가 지금 운전 중이거든요. 나중에 걸게요.
je-ga ji-geum un-jeon jung-i-geo-deun-yo. na-jung-e geol-ge-yo
I'm driving right now. I'll call you back.
One hand on the wheel, showing the person on the line where you actually are before anything else
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the reason attached behind a no
죄송해요, 오늘은 예약이 다 찼거든요.
joe-song-hae-yo, o-neu-reun ye-ya-gi da chat-geo-deun-yo
Sorry, we're fully booked today.
An apologetic face turning the packed reservation book around so they can see it
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telling them about your body first
저는 매운 걸 못 먹거든요.
jeo-neun mae-un geol mot meok-geo-deun-yo
I can't eat spicy food.
Putting your own situation on the table before you order anything
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the ground you lay before a request
내일 병원에 가야 하거든요.
nae-il byeong-wo-ne ga-ya ha-geo-deun-yo
I have to go to the hospital tomorrow.
Before you ask for the day off, the appointment slip goes onto the desk first
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stock news the customer lacks
이게 마지막 하나거든요.
i-ge ma-ji-mak ha-na-geo-deun-yo
This is the last one.
Pointing at the empty shelf with one hand while the last item rests on your open palm
All of it in one picture
-거든요 is a hand that reaches behind and sets something in front of you. Bring out that you are driving and it becomes your reason for hanging up; bring out the full booking page and a refusal softens; bring out what your body can't take and ordering gets easy. Bring out the hospital slip and a request has a floor under it; bring out the last item and the customer finally knows the situation. Hiding in front of it, always: 'you wouldn't have known this.'