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-거들랑2

-거들랑②: You Should Know… — Ending That Informs

Ending: you should know… — telling the listener something they do not know.

Before this, make sure you know: -거들랑① , -아요 / -어요

How to form it

When Form Example
Verb / adjective stem as ending -거들랑 오거들랑 / 바쁘거들랑 / 모르거들랑
Informing sequel implied …거들랑. 내일 비가 오거들랑. / 그 집은 멀거들랑.

-거들랑② ends by informing — just so you know….

Same family as connective -거들랑①. Different job. Write them apart.

Why this is hard

One shape, two seats. 오거들랑 말해 (if you come, tell me) is not 내일 오거들랑 (FYI — I’m coming tomorrow). Learners mash both into “condition.”

What it does

내일 비가 오거들랑.
그 길은 막히거들랑.
나는 내일 바쁘거들랑.
그 사람 이미 알았거들랑.

The line often stops. The point is giving the listener the fact.

Forms

Stem + -거들랑 as a sentence end, not as a hinge into a command.

오다 → 오거들랑.
바쁘다 → 바쁘거들랑.
막히다 → 막히거들랑.

When not to use it

Do not use this page when a condition opens advice — -거들랑①.

Do not use it as soft if alone — -(으)면.

Do not invent noun+거들랑 as a free particle.

Neighbours — and why they differ

FormWhy it is not this slot
-거들랑①Connective condition.
-거든Related ‘know this / if’ family.
-(으)면Broad if.

Ask: am I ending by informing? If yes, -거들랑②. If condition+sequel, stay on ①.

Do not confuse it with

-거들랑①

if / when that is so — if the fact holds (connective)

-거든①

because, you see — explaining something the listener did not know

-으면

if, when — the all-purpose conditional

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 종결어미 (final ending) — Advanced Korean 2, Unit 3, on the theme of final ending. These come with it:

-는구려 how…! — a mild, slightly archaic exclamation -는구먼 oh, so it is… — noticing a newly realised fact -그려 you know / indeed — particle stressing the point to the listener -으리라 I shall… / it will… — resolve, or speculation about the situation -으오 …o — the old polite ending of formal speech -으니4 how dare… / some…! — blaming or scolding with -으니 -게3 do it — the 하게체 command -게4 mind you / see here — drawing the point back into view -구려2 do it, won't you — a soft command -네1 plain statement — the 하게체 -네 that just reports -는구만 so it is… — noticing a newly realised fact (casual) -는가2 the question is… — raising the issue rather than asking casually -나2 …? — a bare question to yourself or someone close -던2 was it…? — asking about what you experienced before -던가1 was it…, from experience? — past question from what you lived -던가2 was it…, I wonder? — past question as a guess -라2 plain statement — -라 after 이다-type stems -으리오 how could it…? — rhetorical pushback, often with lament -소 …so — the old polite style of shopkeepers and elders

Words used above

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-거들랑-geodeullangyou should know… (ending)
종결jonggyeolsentence ending
알림alliminforming
조건jogeoncondition — other slot
연결yeon-gyeolconnective — other slot

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. You are only letting them know you are busy tomorrow. The line stops. Which one?

2. You inform them that rain is coming tomorrow, and you do not add what they should do.

3. You are letting them know you do not know, and the sentence ends there. Which line?

Common questions

Job?

End the sentence by telling the listener a fact they should hold.

Vs ①?

-거들랑① is connective condition. ② is ending inform.

How to tell?

Does a command/advice sequel follow? Often ①. Does the line stop after -거들랑? Often ②.

Register?

Spoken tip-giving; can feel folksy.