TOPIK II · LEVEL 6
-(느)ㄴ다면야
-(느)ㄴ다면야 stresses a condition: if this is really the case, the result naturally follows; the speaker often accepts or concedes the condition.
조건·가정Conditions & what-ifsHan: 좋다 is an adjective, so it takes 다면야; 는다면야 attaches only to verbs.
Examples
네가 도와준다면야 나야 고맙지.If you're going to help me, then of course I'd be grateful.
월급을 두 배로 준다면야 당연히 회사를 옮기겠지요.If they doubled my salary, of course I would change companies.
본인이 원한다면야 굳이 말릴 이유가 없지요.If he really wants it himself, there's no reason to stop him.
그렇게만 된다면야 얼마나 좋겠어요?If it just turned out that way, how wonderful that would be!
Don’t mix up
-(느)ㄴ다면야vs-(느)ㄴ다면Plain conditional; adding 야 stresses that once the condition is met, the result follows as a matter of course: 비가 온다면 집에 있을게요 (neutral) vs 네가 간다면야 나도 가지 (if you go, then of course I will).-(느)ㄴ다면야vs-아/어야-아/어야 marks a necessary condition (only if), while -(느)ㄴ다면야 marks a sufficient one (if so, of course): 네가 가야 나도 가 (I go only if you go) vs 네가 간다면야 나도 가지.How to build it
V+(느)ㄴ다면야
A+다면야
N+(이)라면야
past: V/A+았/었다면야
가다 → 간다면야, 먹다 → 먹는다면야, 좋다 → 좋다면야, 학생 → 학생이라면야
- Verbs take 는다면야 after a final consonant and ㄴ다면야 after a vowel; adjectives and 있다/없다 take 다면야 (좋다면야, 있다면야), not 는다면야.
- The second clause usually states a natural, expected reaction: willingness, agreement or a rhetorical question, often with 물론, 당연히, 얼마든지 or 얼마나 좋겠어요. A neutral factual result sounds odd.
- It is used for hypothetical or assumed conditions, often with -만 (그렇게만 된다면야), not for general truths or repeated real events.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 조건이 좋는다면야 당연히 계약하죠.
Right: 조건이 좋다면야 당연히 계약하죠.
좋다 is an adjective, so it takes 다면야; 는다면야 attaches only to verbs.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)ㄹ진대-(으)ㄹ진대 sets up an accepted fact as a premise ("given that…, since it is so that…") from which a firm conclusion, command or rhetorical question follows, in formal, bookish style.
- -(으)ㄹ라치면-(으)ㄹ라치면 means 'every time I am about to do something, (annoyingly) something else happens', describing a repeated pattern that blocks or spoils the attempt.
- -는 날에는V-는 날에는 pictures the day a feared event might happen and warns that a serious, usually bad consequence will follow: "if ever ~, then it's all over."
- -았/었다 하면-았/었다 하면 means that once someone does a certain action, a particular, often excessive result follows every single time.
- -았/었던들Imagines the opposite of what really happened in the past ('had X happened…'), usually with regret that things could have turned out differently.
- -자면A connective ending of hypothetical intention, 'if one sets out to do V, if V is to be done': it states what doing it would take (time, money, effort). This is an ending in its own right; the quoted contraction of -자고 하면 'if someone says let's' is a separate use (see the last rule). Slightly bookish; also in set phrases like 말하자면 'so to speak' and 솔직히 말하자면 'to be honest'.
- -기로 들면If someone really sets about doing something, often stubbornly, there is no end to it, or nothing is impossible.
- -노라면-노라면 means 'if you keep doing something for a while', and the next clause gives the result that naturally follows; it has a literary, reflective tone.
- -거들랑 (조건)A colloquial, old-fashioned or regional-sounding variant of conditional -거든: 'if / when …, (then do …)'. Heard from older speakers and in novels or period dramas; shortened to -걸랑.