Following is the list of all the Korean grammar patterns that are used to describe a speaker's realisation or surprise about something in the first clause and the result or effect in the latter half of the sentence.
These are used in everyday life and you will find sentences containing these grammar patterns in daily conversations.
Without any further delay let's look at those grammar patterns
A/V ~(으)ㄴ/는지
A connective ending used to indicate an ambiguous reason or judgement about the following statement.
It is a sentence-final ending used to indicate a vague doubt.
See more : A/V ~(으)ㄴ/는지
N (이)네요, A/V 네요
This grammar pattern can be used to indicate your emotional reaction to what you have just realised.
This expression is used to indicate that the speaker is impressed or rather surprised by a fact he/she learned anew from a past personal experience.
Often it expresses surprise typically at unexpected or counter-expected events or states.
See more : N (이)네요, A/V 네요
A/V/N ~(는)군요 / 로군요
It is used by the speaker to express surprise, a sudden realisation of something new.
An expression used to indicate that the speaker notices or is impressed by a newly learned fact. This can be used for direct observation or experience.
It can be equivalent to saying " I see / I didn't know that. "
See more : A/V/N ~(는)군요 / 로군요
V ~았/었더니
This expression is used to indicate realisation of a new incident or situation in the second clause which is different from a past one in the first clause.
This expression can also be used to indicate the result in the second clause because of doing something in the first clause.
See more : V ~았/었더니
A/V ~다가는
It can be used as a connective ending for when an action or state is stopped and changed to another action or state.
It can also be used as a connective ending for implying the negative situation or unexpected result that will happen if a preceding action or state continues.
See more : A/V ~다가는
A/V/N ~ (으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 셈이다
It indicates a calculated result and is a colloquial expression for saying something is more or less similar to another.
It also indicates an intention or a plan. When someone plans to or intends to do something.
See more : A/V/N ~ (으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 셈이다
V ~다 보면
If one does something over a period of time and then (something) will happen/occur eventually.
If you do something for a while, then.... (something will happen).
See more : V~다 보면
A/V ~다가는
It can be used as a connective ending for when an action or state is stopped and changed to another action or state.
It can also be used as a connective ending for implying the negative situation or unexpected result that will happen if a preceding action or state continues.
See more : A/V ~다가는
A/V/N ~고 보니까
An expression used to state that the speaker did the act mentioned in the preceding statement, then realised the fact in the following statement
It's when the speaker does something and then comes into sudden realisation looking at the past actions.
See more : A/V/N ~고 보니까
V ~다 보니까
This expression is used to express the state of the speaker performing a continuous action which is mentioned in the preceding statement and comes to a realisation in the following statement.
It is used when the action is repeatedly taking place and new information or state of affairs occurs in the following statement resulting from the preceding action.
See more : V ~다 보니까
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