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Today, we’ll see how to form sentences with the grammar pattern “Adjective + ㄴ/은데” and “Verb + 는데”, along with some example sentences.
" Adj + (으)ㄴ데/V + 는데 " is a short conjunction for 그런데 which has the meaning of "But, so/therefore or and ". It is used to express background information about anything.
그런데 connects two complete sentences while " Adj + (으)ㄴ데/V + 는데 " connects two clauses.
How to conjugate "Adj + (으)ㄴ데/V + 는데 " grammar pattern?
No. | Pattern | Case | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adjective + ㄴ데 | 아프다 - 아픈데 | |
2 | Adjective + 은데 | 깊다 - 깊은데 | |
3 | Verb + 는데 | It doesn't matter if the preceding verb stem had a consonant or vowel. | 가다 - 가는데 먹다 - 먹는데 |
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Let's look at the example.
심심한데 영화 보러 갈까 ?
I'm bored, so shall we go watch a movie?
- 심심하다 - to get bored
- ㄴ데 - so
- 영화 보러 갈까 ? - Should we go for a movie ?
The speaker is given the background information or reason behind something happening. In this case, because the speaker is bored he wants to go for a movie.
- 약속했는데 잘 지켜 줘.
You made the promise, so please keep it.
- 날씨 좋은데 산책으로 가는 거 어때 ?
The weather is nice; how about going for a walk?
- 여기 서울에서 부산까지 가는데 얼마나 걸려요 ?
I’m going from Seoul to Busan, so how long does it take?
- 나도 시장에 가고 싶은데 너무 더워서 집 밖에 못 나가.
I want to go to the market too, but it’s so hot that I can’t go outside.
- 선물 샀는데, 언제 생일 파티가 있다고 했어?
I bought the gift, but when did you say the birthday party is?
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