V/A-던 Korean Grammar (3 ways to use) Mastering Korean Grammar
In this lesson, we're going to learn 'Verb/Adjective-던 Noun' which can be used in 3 ways.
'여기가 제가 살던 집이에요.' (This is the house I used to live in.)
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1. Usage of Korean Grammar 던
✔︎ '-던' attaches after an adjective/a verb stem.
✔︎ '-던' modifies the following noun.
✔︎ '-던' can be used in 3 ways.
① Reminiscence (회상): '-던' can be used to recall things from the past.
② Past action incompleted / Aborted (미완/중단): '-던' can be used to talk about a situation in which you started something in the past and did not complete the action.
③ Actions performed frequently in the past (과거 자주 한 행동): '-던' can be used when talking about frequent actions in the past.
Let's find out one by one.
2. Explanation with example sentences '-던 grammar'
① -던: Reminiscence (회상)
✏︎ Miso: Where are we?
✏︎ Nana: This is the house I used to live in.
- Here, '살던' is a combination of the verb '살다' and '-던.'
- '살던' modifies the following noun '집 (house).'
- What kind of house is it? - 제가 살던 집이에요. (This is the house I lived in.)
- Nana is talking about the past.
- Nana lived in this house for some time in the past. She does not live now.
- She talks while thinking about her past life. → 제가 살던 집 (the house I lived in)
- She talks about it as she reminisces.
- You can use '-던' to talk while thinking about the past like this.
② -던: Past action incomplete/aborted (미완/중단)
✏︎ Miso: Where is the coffee I was drinking earlier?
✏︎ Nana: I'm sorry. I thought you drank it all, so I threw it away.
- Here, '마시던' is a combination of the verb '마시다' and '-던.'
- '마시던' modifies the following noun '커피 (coffee).'
- Nana drank coffee.
- Did Nana drink all that coffee? - No. She didn't drink it all. She was going to drink more.
- But, Miso thought Nana had finished drinking the coffee, so Miso threw it away.
- When you start an action and don't complete it, you can use '-던' to talk about it.
- Here you can talk about '마시던 커피.'
③ -던: Action performed frequently in the past (repeated/continued) (과거 자주한 행동)
✏︎ 미소: 우리 어디에서 볼까요?
✏︎ 나나: 우리 대학교 때 자주 가던 카페에서 봐요. (가다 + 던)
✏︎ Miso: Where should we meet?
✏︎ Nana: Let's see you at the cafe we used to go often to in college.
- Here, 가던 is a combination of the verb 가다 and -던.
- 가던 modifies the following noun '카페 (cafe).'
- Miso and Nana used to go to this cafe often when They were in college.
- They have repeated this behavior in the past.
- So, you can talk about this situation using -던 after a verb. - 자주 가던 카페 (the cafe that they used to go to often)
- You can use -던 to talk about things you did often in the past.
3. Combination information '-던'
✔︎ -던 attaches after an adjective/a verb stem.
✔︎ Final Consonant O & X: - 던
- Whether a verb/an adjective stem has the final consonant or not, -던 is used.
① Final consonant O: 먹다 + 던 → 먹던
② Final consonat X: 가다 + 던 → 가던
4. Practice '-던'
5. Quiz (Pdf Download) '-던'
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