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-게

Beginner · TOPIK IEndingForms: -게

A connective ending used when the preceding statement is the purpose, result, method, amount, etc., of something mentioned in the following statement.

Meaning

  1. 1

    A connective ending used when the preceding statement is the purpose, result, method, amount, etc., of something mentioned in the following statement.

    앞의 말이 뒤에서 가리키는 일의 목적이나 결과, 방식, 정도 등이 됨을 나타내는 연결 어미.

  2. 2

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to guess what the following statement would be like, if the preceding statement is such, and ask about it.

    (두루낮춤으로) 앞의 내용이 그러하다면 뒤의 내용은 어떠할 것이라고 추측해 물음을 나타내는 종결 어미.

  3. 3

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate the following content would obviously be realized if the preceding content were true, but actually it is not.

    (두루낮춤으로) 앞의 내용이 사실이라면 당연히 뒤의 내용이 이루어지겠지만 실제로는 그렇지 않음을 나타내는 종결 어미.

  4. 4

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used when asking the listener to try to guess and answer.

    (두루낮춤으로) 듣는 사람에게 한번 추측해서 대답해 보라고 물을 때 쓰는 종결 어미.

Example sentences

  • Let's leave him to do his own work by himself.

  • Seeing Jisu smile brightly puts me in a good mood too.

  • The room seemed dirty, so I cleaned it thoroughly.

  • Strangely, these days I can't sleep well even when night comes.

  • I was worried because it had been raining since morning, but fortunately it stopped by the time we got to the amusement park.

  • Don't turn the radio volume up so loud.

    Was it noisy? Sorry.