How to use Korean Grammar V/A + 는/(으)ㄴ데요

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V/A + 는데(요), ㄴ데(요) / 은데(요)

-는데(요), -ㄴ데(요) / -은데(요) are sentence endings that are used by the speaker when they expect a response from the person they are speaking with.

-는데(요). is used with verbs, adjectives in the past tense, adjectives that end with 있다, 없다.

-ㄴ데(요) / -은데(요). is used with adjectives.

Use -ㄴ데(요) if an adjective ends in a vowel or ㄹ, and use -은데(요) if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ).

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실례하지만, 물어 볼 게 있는데요.

Korean

실례하다

묻다

있다

English

to commit a discourtesy

to ask

thing

to have

Excuse me, I have a question. (I have one thing that I am gonna ask.)

실례하지만 묻+어 보+ㄹ 게는데+.

어제 왜 안 왔는데요?

Korean

어제

오다

English

yesterday

why

not

come

Why didn't you come yesterday?

어제 왜 안 오++는데+?

A: I can't eat this soup.

B: 맛있는데요?

Korean

맛있다

English

delicious

(For me), it's delicious. (What's wrong with the soup?)

맛있는데요?

A: The weather is so nice today.

B: 많이 추운데요?

Korean

많이

춥다

English

a lot

cold

It's too cold.

많이 춥+은데+?

Quick reference (click to open)

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).