~다지요? / ~(이)라지요? = Isn’t it … ? Don’t they say…? Didn’t I hear…?
그 분은 오페라를 좋아한다지요? = Don’t they say that he likes opera? 너는 벌써 표를 샀다지? = Didn’t I hear you bought the ticket already? 그 분이 대통령에 당선됐다지? = Didn’t I hear that he was elected president? 내일이 독립 기념일이라지요? = Don’t they say it’s Independence Day tomorrow? 그 책이 인기였다지요? = Didn’t I hear that the book was popular?
다 V-고요 is an easy little grammar point used to express surprise over an unusual occurrence.
I have a friend who is chronically late to every meet up we have. If, one day, she manages to arrive at the meeting spot early, I could say to her, “일찍 다 오고요!” Note that the verb is never conjugated in past tense with this grammar.
This grammar is often used with expressions of surprise such as 웬일이에요?, 무슨 일이 있어요?, and 왜 그래요?
Examples:
웬일이에요? 밥을 다 사고요. (Implication being that they never cover a meal.)
무슨 일이 있어요? 지각을 다 하고요. (Implication being that they are never late.)
왜 그래? 갑자기 공부를 다 하고. (Implication being that they never study.)
Hi, Thank you!!! This is the narrative present tense and here is a link to the TTMIK lesson on it and here are my notes on it. In summary:
Action verb stem -ㄴ/는다 Descriptive verb stem -다
Usage 1: Expressing a reaction to something, surprise, excitement ect. (반말) 2: Narrating present action. (반말) 3. Writing in something like a book or diary. (neutral formality)
다양(하다) = various 다수결 = majority vote, decision by majority 일부다처 = polygamy 다정(하다) = warmhearted, tenderhearted 다정다감(하다) = emotional and warmhearted, tenderhearted 다행 = good fortune 다한증 = Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
다 – all, completely
다 주세요 = give me all of it 다 했어요 = I’ve done all of it 다 왔어요? = are we there yet? did everybody come? (did we all come? did we come to all of it?)
다 살 거계요? = are you going to buy all of it?
커피를 마시다 = to drink coffee 커피를 다 마시다 = to drink all of the coffee 다 has more influence on the verbs than on the nouns, so think of it as an adverb (it is ‘drink all’ instead of ‘all the coffee’)
책을 읽다 = to read a book 책을 다 읽다 = to read all of the book, to finish reading the book.
책 전체 = the entire book
전화 다 했어요? = did you finish talking on the phone? did you make all the calls? did everyone make a call? 준비 다 했어요. = I finished the preparation, I did all the preparation, all of us are prepared
덜 – not fully, not completely (yet)
그 맥주 다 마셨어요? – Did you drink all of that beer? 아니요. 다 안 마셨어요. 덜 마셨어요 – No, I didn’t drink all of it. I haven’t finished it yet.
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