-는다거나②
-는다거나②: Saying Things Like — Loose Quoted Examples
Quotative examples: float representative quoted claims (‘saying things like…’).
How to form it
| When | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Verb batchim | -는다거나 | 앓는다거나 / 기침한다거나 |
| Verb open | -ㄴ다거나 | 운다거나 / 잔다거나 |
| Adjective / 이다 | -다거나 | 피곤하다거나 / 문제라거나 |
-는다거나② floats loose quoted examples — saying things like….
Gloss: saying things like — quoting loose examples. Same morphology as -는다거나①: plain-statement map (-는다/-ㄴ다/-다) plus choice 거나. 우리말샘 has no single headword -는다거나 — teach the chunk honestly. Curriculum ② stresses exemplification; ① stressed paired alternatives.
Loose examples
아프다거나 피곤하다거나 해요.
기침한다거나 열이 난다거나…
잔다거나 쉰다거나 하면 돼요.
늦는다거나 빠진다거나 하지 마세요.Symptom talk and soft hedging both use the list.
Forms
| Host | Shape |
|---|---|
| Verb batchim | -는다거나 |
| Verb open / ㄹ | -ㄴ다거나 |
| Adjective / 이다 | -다거나 |
Identical map to ① — do not invent a second conjugation.
① vs ②
| Slot | Lean |
|---|---|
| ① | quoted alternatives (A or B) |
| ② | loose examples (things like…) |
Overlap is large. Learn both colours from input rather than forcing a hard wall.
Neighbours
| Form | Lean |
|---|---|
| -는다거나 | quoted list/examples |
| -거나 | plain or |
| -는대 | compressed hearsay |
| -는다고 | quotative family |
Practice: if English or something like… is really quoted types of talk, -다거나 fits better than bare -거나.
Do not confuse it with
Taught alongside this
On the jabi learning path, this appears in 외출 후에는 손을 깨끗이 닦아야 해요 (You must wash your hands thoroughly after going out.) — Intermediate Korean 2, Unit 16, on the theme of Hygiene and Infection. These come with it:
Words used above
Quick check
No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.
1. 아프다거나 피곤하다거나 해요 leans toward…
2. vs bare -거나?
3. ① vs ② on this site?
Common questions
Dictionary headword?
No single 우리말샘 lemma -는다거나. Teach as plain-style quote shape + 거나, same morphology as neundageona1.
Supplementary?
Yes — Intermediate 4 add-on in the hygiene unit.
vs -는대?
neundae is compressed hearsay. -는다거나 floats example quotes in a list.
Must pair twice?
Pairs are common. A single …다거나도… also appears for one loose quoted type.