TOPIK II · LEVEL 4
-(느)ㄴ다는 + N
-(느)ㄴ다는 + N gives the content of news, rumours, ideas or claims: 'the news that …'.
인용·전달Quoting & reportingHan: With nouns the form is (이)라는: 의사라는.
Examples
내일 시험이 없다는 말이 사실이에요?Is it true that there's no exam tomorrow?
운동이 건강에 좋다는 사실은 누구나 알아요.Everyone knows the fact that exercise is good for your health.
친구가 결혼한다는 소식을 들었어요.I heard the news that my friend is getting married.
Don’t mix up
-(느)ㄴ다는 + Nvs-는 + N-는 N describes the noun directly (공부하는 학생 'a student who studies'); -는다는 N reports content (공부한다는 소문 'a rumour that he studies').
How to build it
V+(느)ㄴ다는
A+다는
N+(이)라는+N
결혼한다 → 결혼한다는 소식, 좋다 → 좋다는 이야기
- Common nouns after it: 소식, 이야기, 말, 생각, 사실, 소문, 의견.
- Questions become -냐는, commands -(으)라는, suggestions -자는: 가자는 말.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 그 사람이 의사인다는 이야기
Right: 그 사람이 의사라는 이야기
With nouns the form is (이)라는: 의사라는.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)ㄴ/는 양Describes someone acting or looking as if something were true when it really isn't: 'as if / pretending that'.
- -(느)ㄴ다니 (전달 의문)A casual plain-style question asking what a third person said: short for -다고 하니?, as in 언제 온다니? 'When does he say he's coming?'
- -(느)ㄴ다는 것이Use it when you meant to do one thing but by mistake ended up doing something else.
- -노라고-노라고 (usually followed by 했는데 or 했지만) means "I really did try to do it," often said modestly when the result was not as good as hoped.
- -답시고-답시고 sarcastically repeats someone's claimed reason or purpose ("supposedly to…"), hinting that the action was pointless, clumsy or made things worse.
- -(으)나-(으)나 is a formal written 'but / however', linking two contrasting clauses.
- -(으)되-(으)되 states or allows a first action and then adds a condition or limit to it, in a formal or written style.
- -(이)면 (조사)Attaches to a noun to mean 'if it is N / whenever it is N'; repeated as N(이)면 N, it means 'in every field, whatever you name'.
- -(으)ㄹ 게 아니라Use it to say that doing X is not the right move, so you should do Y instead: "rather than doing X, do Y."