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
것
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 게 있는데+요.
어제 왜 안 왔는데요?
Korean
어제
왜
안
오다
English
yesterday
why
not
come
Why didn't you come yesterday?
어제 왜 안 오+았+는데+요?
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+요?
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 ).