Example Sentences#

1. 나연: 야, 너 인스타 보니까 최근에 콘서트 갔다 왔더라?¹
   Nayeon: Hey, I saw on your Instagram that you went to a concert recently?

   • 오다 means ‘to come’.
   • 갔다(가) 오다 is a construction meaning ‘to go and come back’, emphasizing the completion of a round trip and often corresponding to ‘have been to’ in English.
   • -았- is a past tense marker.
   • -더라 is a grammar pattern used to state a fact the speaker has realized through personal experience or observation, often conveying a sense of newfound understanding. It’s composed of -더- (a retrospective suffix conveying past personal experience or observation) and -라 (an exclamatory declarative sentence-ending used to state a fact or observation).

2. 지수: 맞아, 성격이랑 행동이 보통 드라마 주인공이랑 좀 다르더라.²
   Jisoo: Right, her personality and behavior were a bit different from usual drama main characters.

   • 다르다 means ‘to be different’.
   • -더라 is a grammar pattern used to state a fact the speaker has realized through personal experience or observation, often conveying a sense of newfound understanding. It’s composed of -더- (a retrospective suffix conveying past personal experience or observation) and -라 (an exclamatory declarative sentence-ending used to state a fact or observation).

3. 분위기도 참 따뜻해서 계속 보고 싶어지더라.²
   The atmosphere was so heartwarming that I found myself wanting to keep watching.

   • 싶다 is an adjective meaning ‘to be desirous of’, and when used after the connective ending -고, it expresses a desire to do something or to be in a certain state.
   • -어지다 is a grammatical pattern indicating a change of state or gradual becoming.
   • -더라 is a grammar pattern used to state a fact the speaker has realized through personal experience or observation, often conveying a sense of newfound understanding. It’s composed of -더- (a retrospective suffix conveying past personal experience or observation) and -라 (an exclamatory declarative sentence-ending used to state a fact or observation).