-네요

-네요 expresses your fresh reaction, often mild surprise, to something you have just seen, heard or experienced yourself.

문장 끝·말투Endings & speech style

Han: Before -네요, the final ㄹ of a stem drops, so 멀다 becomes 머네요.

Examples

이 집 김치찌개가 정말 맛있네요.The kimchi stew here is really good.

벌써 열 시가 됐네요. 이제 가야겠어요.Oh, it's already ten o'clock. I should get going now.

밖에 비가 오네요. 우산 있어요?Oh, it's raining outside. Do you have an umbrella?

한국어를 정말 잘하시네요.Wow, you speak Korean really well.

Don’t mix up

-네요vs-아/어요-아/어요 simply states a fact, while -네요 adds that you have just noticed it: 비가 와요 (It's raining) vs 비가 오네요 (Oh, it's raining).

-네요vs-군요-군요 also marks realization but fits better when you realize something by being told or by reasoning, and sounds a bit more formal; -네요 is the everyday choice for what you perceive yourself: 아, 그래서 늦었군요.

How to build it

V/A+네요

N+(이)네요

past: V/A+았/었네요

예쁘다 → 예쁘네요, 멀다 → 머네요, 학생 → 학생이네요

Use it for something you have just noticed directly; it sounds odd for facts you already knew well, such as your own name or job.
Stems ending in ㄹ drop the ㄹ: 멀다 → 머네요, 살다 → 사네요, 만들다 → 만드네요.
It is a statement ending: it cannot be used for commands or suggestions.
For something that has already happened, add 았/었 before it: 눈이 많이 왔네요 (Oh, it snowed a lot).

Classic mistake

Wrong: ~~학교가 집에서 멀네요.~~

Right: 학교가 집에서 머네요.

Before -네요, the final ㄹ of a stem drops, so 멀다 becomes 머네요.

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