📝 Grammar B1

-는데

-neunde

Background / contrast connector

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What it means

-는데 sets up background information or context and also expresses mild contrast. Verbs use -는데; adjectives use -(으)ㄴ데; nouns+이다 use -인데.

References Naver Korean Dictionary ↗ 국립국어원 표준국어대사전 ↗
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More B1 lessons

덕분에 deokbune Thanks to / Because of (positive) 내 말 들어요 nae mal deureyo Listen to me / Hear me out -겠어요 -gesseoyo I will / I think / Seems like (intention/inference)
← -는 것 같다 -아/어 있다 →

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