-는다기에: Because They Say… — Reported Claim As Reason

Connective: because of a quoted statement (-는다) + reason -기에.

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

How to form it

When	Form	Example
Verb + -는다기에 / -ㄴ다기에	-는다기에	온다기에 / 간다기에 / 먹는다기에
Adjective + -다기에	-다기에	좋다기에 / 바쁘다기에
Full paraphrase	-다고 하기에	온다고 하기에

-는다기에 means because they say… — the reported claim is the reason.

Why this is hard

It pairs with -자기에 — because we decided to…. Here the reason is a statement or report: because someone said X. Learners miss the quote flavour and read bare cause.

What it does

You take a reported claim as the reason for your action.

비가 온다고 해서 — 온다기에 우산을 가져왔어요.
맛있다기에 가 봤어요.
쉽다기에 시작했어요.
싸다고 해서 — 싸다기에 샀어요.

Forms

Report ending material + -기에 — classroom -는다기에 and kin.

When not to use it

Do not use it for a let’s decision reason — that is -자기에. Do not drop the reported-claim flavour. Do not treat it as plain -기에 without speech.

Neighbours — and why they differ

Form	Why it is not this slot
-자기에	Because we decided to — propositive reason.
-으니까	Spoken reason — no report needed.
-는다고	Says that — report without the reason -기에.

Shopping and travel decisions often ride hearsay: I went because they said it was good. Keep the speaker of the claim in mind.

Classroom examples should keep the meaning concrete: one clear scene beats three vague glosses. If a neighbour form already says the same thing more lightly, prefer the lighter tool unless register demands this one.

Ask: is the reason ‘because someone said…’? If yes, -는다기에. If the reason is a let’s plan, use -자기에.

Do not confuse it with

-자기에

because one decides to… — contracted -자고 하기에

-기에

because, so — the written reason, often with a judgment

-(으)니까

because (works before commands and suggestions)

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 표현 (expression) — Advanced Korean 1, Unit 4, on the theme of expression. These come with it:

-는다니1 what are they telling me to…? — asking what the order was -었던 that had been… — past modifier with a lingering sense 에 관하여 regarding, about — the written 에 관하여 / 관한 -자기에 because one decides to… — contracted -자고 하기에 (청유 인용 + 이유), pair of -는다기에 -게 마련이다 bound to be — naturally so (-기/게 마련이다) -게 생겼다 have ended up (badly)… — negative predicament with -게 생기다 -기 나름이다 depends on how you… — the outcome varies with the method -기가 바쁘게 as soon as — barely finishing one thing before the next -기가 쉽다 easy to… / prone to — a tendency that comes naturally -기만 하다 only does… — limiting the action to just that -기에 따라 depending on… — outcomes that change with the condition -기에 앞서(서) before doing… — prior to the step you name -은 나머지 as a result of… — the outcome that follows from that act -는 데다가 and on top of that — stacking one fact onto another -는 동시에 at the same time as — two things in the same moment -는 듯하다 seems to… — a soft guess from appearance -는 법이다 it is natural that… — a general rule of how things go -는 이상 now that / given that — already being in that state -은 채로 while still… — leaving it in the state it already has -는 척하다 pretend to… — acting as if -는 가운데 in the midst of — while that situation continues 는 말할 것도 없고 not to mention — A goes without saying, and B too (는/은 말할 것도 없고) -을 만하다 worth doing / decent enough — worth the effort or acceptable -을 법하다 likely to… — a reasonable prediction -을 테다 will (for sure) — a strong expectation about what follows -을 테면 if you are going to… — setting a condition for a plan -을 테지만 will, but… — expecting one thing and contrasting another -으려나 보다 I guess they mean to… — reading someone's likely intention 를 가지고 with, using — taking that as the means or topic -으면 몰라도 only if… — the following holds only under that (unreal / opposite) condition 에도 불구하고 despite — in spite of that noun situation -는데도 even though — contrast after a clause, softer than 지만 -어 내다 manage to… — pushing through until it is done -는다는 것이 meant to…, but — intention (-는다고 하는 것이) whose result diverged -는데도 불구하고 even so — despite the whole preceding clause

Words used above

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-는다기에-neundagiebecause they say…

-다고 하기에-dago hagiefull form

오다odato come

좋다jotato be good

기다리다gidaridato wait

Quick check

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

1. Friends said the place was delicious, so you went to try it — the reason is their claim, not your own judgment. Which line?

2. They said he would come, so you waited. Which line uses the short verb pattern from the forms table?

3. You headed to the restaurant because someone said they’d eat — a statement quote as reason, not a let’s-eat plan. Which line?

Common questions

Dictionary?

Educational build: quoted -는다/-다 + -기에 「002」. Full: -다고 하기에.

Vs -자기에?

Curriculum pair. Statement reason vs suggestion reason.

Vs -니까?

-(으)니까 is a plain reason. -는다기에 names hearsay as the cause.

Past quote?

왔다기에 — they said (he) came / would come, depending on scene.