-더라고요

Meaning

1. 1

   (informal addressee-raising) An expression used to refer to and convey in the present a fact the speaker learned through a past experience to the listener.

   (두루높임으로) 과거에 경험하여 새로 알게 된 사실에 대해 지금 상대방에게 옮겨 전할 때 쓰는 표현.

Example sentences

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• 민준 씨는 많이 바쁘더라고요.

  I noticed Minjun is very busy.

• 지수는 전화 받고 있더라고요.

  I saw Jisu was on the phone.

• 동생은 숙제하더라고요.

  I saw my younger sibling doing homework.

• 집이 왜 이렇게 조용하지요?

  Why is the house so quiet?

  아이들은 방에서 자더라고요.

  I saw the kids sleeping in their room.

• 아까 지수는 시장에 가더라고.

  I saw Jisu heading to the market earlier.

• 어제 보니 산에는 눈이 쌓였더라고.

  I saw yesterday that snow had piled up on the mountain.