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-더라고요

I noticed that … (recollection)

Level 3 · Sentence ending

Explanation

Reports something the speaker personally saw, heard or felt, as new information for the listener. Attaches to the stem; not normally used for the speaker's own actions (except feelings: 제가 좀 피곤하더라고요).

Examples

  • 그 식당 음식이 생각보다 맛있더라고요.

    That restaurant's food was better than I expected.

  • 제주도는 바람이 정말 많이 불더라고요.

    It was really windy on Jeju.

  • 민수 씨가 노래를 아주 잘하더라고요.

    Minsu sings really well, I found.

TOPIK note

TOPIK II Listening 13–20 (recounting experience).

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