Skip to main content
Korwid

Korean grammar

거들랑/걸랑

geodeullang/geollang

Informing

Indicates the speaker is revealing information the listener is likely unaware of.

  • 그 무렵 우리는 서울에서 살았거들랑.

    그 무렵 우리는 서우레서 사랃꺼들랑.said like thisgeu muryeop urineun seoureseo saratgeodeullang.

    We were living in Seoul around then.

  • 사실은 그 아이가 내 친구 동생이걸랑.

    사시른 그 아이가 내 친구 동생이걸랑.said like thissasireun geu aiga nae chingu dongsaengigeollang.

    Actually, that kid is my friend's younger sibling.

Conditional

In English: if actually true, then

Expresses that if the preceding statement turns out to be true, then the following statement can happen.

  • 철수를 만나거들랑 내 말을 전해라.

    철수를 만나거들랑 내 마를 전해라.said like thischeolsureul mannageodeullang nae mareul jeonhaera.

    If you see Chul-soo, please give him my regards.

  • 서울에 가거들랑 편지해라.

    서우레 가거들랑 편지해라.said like thisseoure gageodeullang pyeonjihaera.

    Write me if you go to Seoul.

  • 커피가 마시고 싶걸랑 설탕을 사 와라.

    커피가 마시고 십껄랑 설탕을 사 와라.said like thiskeopiga masigo sipgeollang seoltangeul sa wara.

    If you want coffee, go buy some sugar.

See it while you watch

The extension puts the romanization, the speech level and the meaning under every subtitle line. Try it on your own sentence.

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