How do you use "더라고", and what is its meaning?
I saw it being used in a TTMIK lesson this way: "네, 버스는 자주 앉아 봤는데 지하철에서는 못 앉겠더라고요."
What does "더라고" mean? Can you show me other examples (in both polite and informal speech)? Thanks! :)
Quoted from http://www.learnkoreanlp.com/2012/12/learn-korean-language-learned.html
~더라고(요) is used when you talk about something you've learned by your own experience or from someone else or some other things (e.g. books, TV and internet).
Replace 다 of a plain form of verbs/adjectives with 더라고.
하다 → 하더라고 = (learned that someone) was doing
Example sentence:
진수는 음악을 전공 하더라고 = I learned that Jinsu was doing a major in music
가더라고 = (I learned that) was going
오더라고 = (I learned that) was coming
먹더라고 = (I learned that) was eating
마시더라고 = (I learned that) was drinking
살더라고 = (I learned that) was living
만들더라고 = (I learned that) was making
일하더라고 = (I learned that) was working
자더라고 = (I learned that) was sleeping
높더라고 = (I learned that) was high
낮더라고 = (I learned that) was low
크더라고 = (I learned that) was big/large
작더라고 = (I learned that) was small (in size)
빠르더라고 = (I learned that) was fast
느리더라고 = (I learned that) was slow
많더라고 = (I learned that) was many
적더라고 = (I learned that) was small (in quantity)
Attach 요 to 더라고 to make it a polite form.
하더라고요 (Polite spoken form)
가더라고요
많더라고요
크더라고요
Example sentences:
급하게 어디를 가더라고요 = (He was) going somewhere in a hurry
기린은 목이 길더라고요 = (I learned that) a giraffe has a long neck.
큰 배가 항구를 향해 오더라고요 = (I learned/saw that) a big ship was coming towards the port
그렇게 생각하니까 편해지더라고요 = (I learned that) I became (more) relaxed as I think that way
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