Grammar Advanced TOPIK II · Level 5–6 Advanced Grammar Supplement · Curriculum gap

-는다손 치더라도

-는다손 치더라도: Even Granting That… — Strong Concession

Concession package -는다손 치더라도: even if we grant that claim, the sequel still holds.

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

How to form it

When	Form	Example
Plain + 손 치더라도	-는다손 치더라도 / -다손 치더라도	간다손 치더라도 / 안다손 치더라도
Copula flavour	-이라손 치더라도	사실이라손 치더라도

-는다손 치더라도 grants hard, then pushes back.

Heavier than everyday -더라도.

Why this is hard

English even if covers -더라도, -은들, -을지언정. Learners pick the softest. -는다손 치더라도 is even counting that as true — still….

What it does

You concede the tough prior line, then hold your sequel.

간다손 치더라도 오늘은 안 돼요.
늦는다손 치더라도 연락은 하세요.
비싸다손 치더라도 살 만해요.
사실이라손 치더라도 말은 조심하세요.

Forms

가다 → 간다손 치더라도
늦다 → 늦는다손 치더라도
비싸다 → 비싸다손 치더라도
사실이다 → 사실이라손 치더라도

When not to use it

Do not use it for soft chat even if.

Do not drop the pushback sequel.

Do not confuse it with provisional -는 셈치고, which assumes a case so you can act rather than pushing back against it.

Neighbours — and why they differ

Form	Why it is not this slot
-더라도	Everyday concession.
-은들	Concession with futility flavour.
-을지언정	Concede cost, affirm stand.

Ask: am I granting the claim hard, then still holding the line? If yes, -는다손 치더라도.

Do not confuse it with

-더라도

even if / granting the difficult case (strong concession)

-은들

even if it is… — conceding the point and still refusing

-을지언정

even if… — conceding then holding the other line (-을지언정)

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 교재·표준 교육과정 밖의 문법 (Grammar outside of textbooks and standard curriculum) — Advanced Grammar Supplement, Unit 1, on the theme of Curriculum gap. These come with it:

-는 셈이다 amounts to / counts as — treating the situation as that result (-는 셈이다) -을 지경이다 to the point of… — an extreme state or plight (-을 지경이다) -기 십상이다 almost certain to… — nine times out of ten (-기 십상이다) -는 둥 마는 둥 half-doing it — barely, half-heartedly (-는 둥 마는 둥) -던 차에 just when… — at the very moment that was underway (-던 차에) 으로 말미암아 owing to… — formal written cause (으로 말미암아) -는답시고 under the pretext of… — claiming to, often critically (-는답시고) -는가 하면 and then again… — stacking contrasting cases (-는가 하면) -을 겸 while also… — doing it for that purpose too (-을 겸) -게끔 so that… — purpose with a firm push (-게끔) -을 턱이 없다 no reason whatsoever… — denying grounds flatly (-을 턱이 없다) -을 리 만무하다 utterly no chance… — impossibility stressed (-을 리 만무하다) -을 성싶다 seems likely to… — a soft forecast (-을 성싶다) -을지언정 even if… — conceding then holding the other line (-을지언정) -기 그지없다 endlessly… — extreme degree with no bound (-기 그지없다) -기 이를 데 없다 beyond words… — so much there is no way to say it (-기 이를 데 없다) -다 못해 unable to go on… — past the limit, then the sequel (-다 못해) -는 셈치고 pretending / counting it as… — provisional assumption (-는 셈치고) -는다 뿐이지 only that… — limiting the claim to just that (-는다 뿐이지) -어 주십사 please do… for me — earnest old-style request (-어 주십사) -겠거니 thinking it would… — assumption that guides the next act (-겠거니) -으랴 -으랴 what with A and B… — piling pressures or tasks (-으랴 -으랴) -으려던 참이다 was just about to… — intention interrupted at the brink (-으려던 참이다) -는다기보다는 rather than saying… — reframing the label (-는다기보다는) -은 끝에 after all that… — only at the end of the ordeal (-은 끝에) -은 바 있다 have (once)… — formal experience on record (-은 바 있다) -건 간에 whether A or B… — it does not matter which (-건 간에)

Words used above

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-는다손 치더라도-neundason chideoradoeven granting that…

치다chidareckon / count as — in this package

더라도deoradoeven if — neighbour

양보yangboconcession

가정gajeonghypothetical grant

Quick check

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

1. You concede that a colleague may be late but insist that they still call. Which sentence makes the concession deliberately emphatic?

2. The situation is casual and needs only an everyday 'even if it rains.' Which line avoids the unnecessarily heavy grant-then-push package?

3. Which completion fails because it grants a claim but never supplies the opposing line that the package promises?

Common questions

Dictionary?

Grant the prior claim as a count-as, then -더라도 keeps the opposing line.

Space?

Often 는다손 치더라도 as one package; spacing varies in print.

Vs -을지언정?

-을지언정 also concedes then affirms. Different connective family.

Café soft?

늦어도…. Keep 는다손 치더라도 when the grant is emphatic.