-던

Meaning

1. 1

   An ending of a word that makes the preceding statement function as an adnominal phrase and implies that an event or action has not been completed in the past but has been stopped.

   앞의 말이 관형어의 기능을 하게 만들고 사건이나 동작이 과거에 완료되지 않고 중단되었음을 나타내는 어미.

Example sentences

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• 그 사람은 소문을 듣던 대로 괴짜였다.

  He was an eccentric, just as the rumors I had heard said.

• 일은 내가 생각했던 대로 착착 진행되었다.

  The work proceeded smoothly just as I had thought.

• 민준이는 나와 중학교를 같이 다니던 친구이다.

  Minjun is a friend who went to middle school with me.

• 우리는 서로를 알게 되었던 그때 서로가 인연임을 알았다.

  When we first got to know each other, we knew we were meant to be.

• 그는 자신이 그동안 옹졸했던 것을 용서해 달라고 말했다.

  He asked to be forgiven for having been petty all that time.

• 이 글은 어떤가요?

  What do you think of this piece of writing?

  이 글에는 이 문제에 대해 상당히 오래 고민했던 흔적이 담겨 있어요.

  This writing shows traces of having thought about this issue for quite a long time.