-던데(요)

-던데(요) shares something you observed in the past, often as background or a soft contrast: 'I noticed …, (but/so) …'.

문장 끝·말투Endings & speech style

Han: -던데요 reports an observation, not your own deliberate past action.

Examples

가: 그 영화 재미없대요. 나: 그래요? 저는 재미있던데요.A: They say that movie isn't good. B: Really? I found it fun.

아까 보니까 민수 씨가 바쁘던데 나중에 물어보세요.Minsu looked busy earlier, so ask him later.

어제 시장에 갔는데 과일이 싸던데요.I went to the market yesterday — the fruit was cheap.

V/A+던데(요)

N+(이)던데(요)

맛있다 → 맛있던데요, 사람이 많다 → 많던데요

As a sentence ending (-던데요) it often gently disagrees: 'Really? It seemed … to me'.
Like -더-, it is based on the speaker's own past observation.

Wrong: ~~저는 어제 많이 먹던데요.~~

Right: 그 식당은 양이 많던데요.

-던데요 reports an observation, not your own deliberate past action.

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