INT 12 | ~더라(고) Retrospective

Dictionary stem	Retrospective Suffix(es)	Ending	Polite Ending
	더	~라(고)	~ 요
	더	~(으)ㄴ데 From 그런데(but) INT 9 | ~던데	~요

• ~더~                Recalling experience the speaker saw, heard, felt firsthand
• ~더라(고요)     Reporting new information the speaker obtained through memory of what s/he
  saw, heard, or felt firsthand
  “I saw, heard others ~ing, and learned…”
  “I felt …, and learned…”
  The polite form of ~더라 is ~더라고요  

CONJUGATION

맛있다              to be delicious:         맛있더라고(요)  
덥다                  to be hot(weather)   덥더라고(요)      
예쁘다               to be pretty             예쁘더라고(요)          
좋다                  to be good              좋더라고(요)      

먹다                  to eat                       먹더라고(요)   
좋아하다           to like                      좋아하더라고(요)     
보다                  to see, watch           보더라고(요)    
Noun+(이)다    to be + N.               C이더라고/V더라고(요)    

~았/었더라고(요): If something had happened before you were there, use past tense suffix.

            

USAGE

When the subject is “I”, ONLY USE ADJECTIVES

Because you cannot see your own actions (=verb) as if you left your body >_<
Because you can see, hear how other people or things are (=adjective)

When the subject is others, USE VERBS

Because you cannot feel others’ feelings first hand (=adjective) but can observe their their actions(=verb)

EXAMPLES

친구:  한국 여행 어땠어?                                           How was your Korea trip?
나:      너무 좋더라(고).                                              It was so nice (recalling how the trip was).
  음식도 너무 맛있더라(고).                               Food was so delicious, too. (recalling the taste)
그래서 너무 많이 먹었어.                                So I ate so much.
*먹었더라 (X) : When the subject is “I”, can’t use the verb with ~더라.
친구:  한국어 잘 못해도 괜찮아?                                Is it okay even if I can’t speak Korean well?
나:      응, 사람들이 영어를 잘하더라(고).                  Yeah, people speak English well.
(recalling hearing people speak English)
친구: 롯데월드도 갔어? Did you go to Lotte World, too?
나: 아니, 이미 문을 닫았더라(고). No, they had closed already.