The Verb Ending 대요

[roboytoe563484]

Hello.

I am reading a Korean children's book, and what I have found in many pages are sentences that end in "대요." I wish to know what the ending represents, and I will give some examples of it that I found:

-엄마 아빠는 작고 아담한 집에서 즐겁게 살았대요.

-내가 태어났을 때 내 눈은 별처럼 초롱초롱 빛났대요.

As you can see, at the end of the sentence they end in "대요" but I have never encountered it before...

[trutherous]

I am reading a Korean children's book, and what I have found in many pages are sentences that end in "대요." I wish to know what the ending represents, and I will give some examples of it that I found:

-엄마 아빠는 작고 아담한 집에서 즐겁게 살았대요.

-내가 태어났을 때 내 눈은 별처럼 초롱초롱 빛났대요.

As you can see, at the end of the sentence they end in "대요" but I have never encountered it before...

Hi roboytoe563484,

It's nice to see you make use of the forum here at KC101. Children's books are a great way to learn. I used them extensively.

regarding your question, here '...대요' means like 'they said' "it is said' 'heard that'

엄마 아빠는 작고 아담한 집에서 즐겁게 살았대요. I heard that mother and father lived happily in a small, cozy house. or 'I was told that...'They said...'

내가 태어났을 때 내 눈은 별처럼 초롱초롱 빛났대요. -They said my eyes were shining with a bright clear light like the stars when I was born.

be sure not to confuse this with the pattern '~ㄴ데요' which sounds very similar but has a totally different meaning.

George -- fellow studtent

[madisonk6013]

I am reading a Korean children's book, and what I have found in many pages are sentences that end in "대요." I wish to know what the ending represents, and I will give some examples of it that I found:

-엄마 아빠는 작고 아담한 집에서 즐겁게 살았대요.

-내가 태어났을 때 내 눈은 별처럼 초롱초롱 빛났대요.

As you can see, at the end of the sentence they end in "대요" but I have never encountered it before...

Hi roboytoe563484,

It's nice to see you make use of the forum here at KC101. Children's books are a great way to learn. I used them extensively.

regarding your question, here '...대요' means like 'they said' "it is said' 'heard that'

엄마 아빠는 작고 아담한 집에서 즐겁게 살았대요. I heard that mother and father lived happily in a small, cozy house. or 'I was told that...'They said...'

내가 태어났을 때 내 눈은 별처럼 초롱초롱 빛났대요. -They said my eyes were shining with a bright clear light like the stars when I was born.

be sure not to confuse this with the pattern '~ㄴ데요' which sounds very similar but has a totally different meaning.

George -- fellow studtent

Hello,


This is Madison from Koreanclass101.com!

George is very much correct! First of all, it's best way to learn Korean to use children's book and second of all it means 'It is heard~'.

Because a lot of books for children tend to be fairytale or so, they make it more like story instead of essay type!

Hope you finish well and enjoy!



Thank you,

Madison, Koreanclass101.com