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Recalling Experience

In English: witnessed, realization, recall, indicating experience

Express and convey in the present a fact directly experienced or witnessed in the past.

  • 그날은 다들 신이 나더라.

    그나른 다들 시니 나더라.said like thisgeunareun dadeul sini nadeora.

    As I remember, everyone was excited that day.

  • 어제 그 식당 음식이 참 맛있더군요.

    어제 그 식땅 음시기 참 마싣떠구뇨.said like thiseoje geu sikdang eumsigi cham masitdeogunyo.

    I experienced that the food at that restaurant yesterday was really delicious.

  • 아이들이 놀이터에서 재미있게 놀더라.

    아이드리 노리터에서 재미읻께 놀더라.said like thisaideuri noriteoeseo jaemiitge noldeora.

    I saw that the children were playing happily at the playground.

  • 민지가 피아노를 정말 잘 치더라.

    minjiga pianoreul jeongmal jal chideora.

    I noticed Minji played the piano really well.

  • 그 영화는 생각보다 지루하더라고요.

    그 영화는 생각뽀다 지루하더라고요.said like thisgeu yeonghwaneun saenggakboda jiruhadeoragoyo.

    From my experience, that movie was more boring than I expected.

  • 지난주에 간 전시회가 무척 흥미롭더군요.

    지난주에 간 전시회가 무척 흥미롭떠구뇨.said like thisjinanjue gan jeonsihoega mucheok heungmiropdeogunyo.

    I recall the exhibition I visited last week being very interesting.

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Grammar data from kimchi-grammar by Alaanor, used under CC BY 4.0. We added the romanization and the pronunciation of each example.