Korean grammar · Level 4 · 4급
N에 따르면
According to (news, research)
에 따르면 works like 에 의하면 from Unit 6 and is the usual choice in news and reports. The sentence ends by reporting: -다고 한다, -다고 합니다, or -대요 in speech. Don't mix it up with N에 따라 from Level 3, which means “depending on”.
Examples
기사에 따르면 시골 학교가 계속 줄고 있다고 한다.
According to the article, the number of village schools keeps falling.
뉴스에 따르면 이번 주말에 첫눈이 온대요.
According to the news, the first snow will fall this weekend.
조사에 따르면 혼자 사는 노인이 늘고 있다고 한다.
According to a survey, more older people are living alone.
Practise it in context · Level 4, Unit 8
Changing society
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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