INT 4 | “But” ~(으)ㄴ데/는데 Part 1

MEANING

SENTENCE 1. 그런데 SENTENCE 2.
SENTENCE 1. But/however, SENTENCE 2.

한국 음식은 맛있어요. 그런데 매워요.
Korean food is delicious. But it’s spicy.

To combine SENTENCE 1 and SENTENCE 2, you attach ~(으)ㄴ데 or ~는데 to the adjective and verb at the end of SENTENCE 1.

한국 음식은 맛있는데 매워요.
Korean food is delicious but spicy.

CONJUGATION

ADJECTIVE STEM + ~(으)ㄴ데

C + 은데
좋다 to be nice : 좋은데 (am/are/is nice, but)
싫다 to be undesirable: 싫은데 (is undesirable, but)
많다 to be many, much : 많은데 (are/is many/much, but)

V + ㄴ데
나쁘다 to be bad : 나쁜데 (am/are/is bad, but)
크다 to be big : 큰데 (am/are/is big, but)

ㅂ : becomes 우 + ㄴ데
춥다 to be cold : 추운데 (is cold, but)
맵다 to be spicy : 매운데 (is spicy, but)

ㄹ drops + ㄴ데
멀다 to be far: 먼데 (is far, but)
길다 to be long: 긴데 (is long, but)

VERB STEM + 는데

먹다 to eat: 먹는데 eat(s), but
가다 to go : 가는데 go(es), but
있다/없다 also conjugates as verbs : 있는데/없는데 (there is, but/there is not, but)

ㄹ drops + 는데
살다 to live: 사는데 live(s), but
알다 to know: 아는데 know(s), but

EXAMPLES

배고픈데 집에 음식이 없어요.
I am hungry, but there is no food at home.

날씨가 좋은데 밖에 못 나가요.
The weather is nice, but I can’t go outside.

A: 저 사람 아세요? (Do you know that person?)
B: 아는데, 안 친해요. (I know, but I’m not close to him/her.)