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-는 대로

-는 대로: Exactly As — Following the Pattern

As / in accordance with — adnominal + dependent noun 대로.

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

How to form it

When Form Example
Action in progress / general -는 대로 말하는 대로 / 하는 대로
Completed / state -은/ㄴ 대로 적힌 대로 / 들은 대로

-는 대로 means exactly as / in accordance with the action or state in front.

Gloss: as, exactly the way. 우리말샘 대로 「001」: like a certain shape or state. After -는, 「002」「003」 also cover as soon as / each time readings. This page leads with faithful accordance; watch context for the immediate readings. Noun + 대로 is the sister slot 대로.

What it does — follow the pattern

말하는 대로 적어요.
설명하는 대로 따라 하세요.
들은 대로 전달했어요.
적힌 대로 제출하세요.

Workplace training (Unit 8): do it the way you were shown.

Forms

ShapeExample
-는 대로하는 대로, 말하는 대로
-은/ㄴ 대로적힌 대로, 약속한 대로

Near neighbours

FormHost
-는 대로verb/adjective modifier + 대로
N대로noun + 대로
Immediate -는 대로“as soon as it happens” reading
규칙대로 하세요.           noun + 대로
규칙에 적힌 대로 하세요.   modifier + 대로
도착하는 대로 연락해요.     can be immediate reading

When to use

Use -는 대로 when fidelity to a model, instruction, or report matters.

Check context before forcing “exactly as” onto a line that clearly means “as soon as.”

Practice rule: if “according to how…” is the English, you are in the accordance reading.

Do not confuse it with

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 우리 부서는 직원을 뽑고 교육시키는 일을 하고 있어요 (Our department is responsible for recruiting and training employees.) — Intermediate Korean 2, Unit 8, on the theme of work life. These come with it:

Words used above

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대로daerodependent noun: as / according to
-는 대로-neun daeroexactly as (one does)…
충실chungsilfaithfulness
즉시jeuksiimmediately (other 대로 sense)
지침jichimguideline

Quick check

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

1. 설명하는 대로 따라 하세요 means…

2. Noun 대로 vs -는 대로?

3. Dictionary 대로 after -는 also means…

Common questions

Which sense is the gloss?

Faithful accordance (대로 「001」). Immediate/each-time readings also use -는 대로 — context decides.

Workplace tip?

Training: 교육받은 대로, 매뉴얼에 적힌 대로.

vs -는 대신?

Different job when that slot is written — substitution vs accordance.

Single dictionary ending?

No — adnominal + dependent noun 대로.

Seen in the wild

Lessons where this pattern showed up in real Korean — news, slang, drama lines.