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-네1

-네①: Plain Statement — 하게체 Report

Ending: plain statement — the 하게체 -네 that just reports.

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

How to form it

When Form Example
Processive report -네 가네 / 하네 / 오네
Descriptive report -네 좋네 / 많네 / 바쁘네

-네① is the 하게체 plain statement — reports.

Living discovery -네 is a different seat. PLAN: ne1 따로 둔다.

Why this is hard

Same syllable -네. Café talk uses it for oh! discovery. 하게체 uses it to just state. Learners mash both into surprise.

What it does

그 사람이 가네.
일이 많네.
비가 오네.
오늘은 바쁘네.

In this slot, read it as report in 하게 colour — not forced wow.

Forms

Stem + -네 as 하게체 statement ending.

가다 → 가네.
하다 → 하네.
좋다 → 좋네.

When not to use it

Do not use this page for every soft surprise — living -네.

Do not use it as a command — -게③.

Do not paste 하게체 report into every modern chat.

Neighbours — and why they differ

FormWhy it is not this slot
-네Living discovery/exclamation.
-게③하게 command.
-다Plain declarative — different level coat.

Ask: am I flat-reporting in 하게체? If yes, -네①. If oh!, stay on living -네.

Do not confuse it with

-네 / -네요

noticing something out loud — mild surprise, said to yourself and to others

-게3

do it — the 하게체 command

-다④

plain statement — the -다 of newspaper and written report

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 -거들랑2 you should know… — telling the listener something they do not know (종결) -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 -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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-네-neplain 하게체 statement
서술seosulstatement / report
하게체hage-chehage speech level
감탄gamtanexclamation — other -네 job
종결jonggyeolsentence ending

Quick check

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

1. You flat-report, in 하게체, that the person goes. Not a polite oh, not an order, not plain 한다.

2. You flat-report that it is raining, in 하게체. Not surprise-polite, not an order to rain, not 온다.

3. You flat-report that they do it, in 하게체. Not a polite notice, not an order, not newspaper 한다.

Common questions

Why a separate page?

Curriculum keeps 하게체 서술 -네 apart from living discovery/exclamation -네.

Vs -네 (초급)?

-네 on this site covers living discovery colour. -네① is the 하게 report slot.

Vs -게③?

-게③ orders. -네① reports.

Register?

하게체 narration and address — drama, older half-formal talk.