Korean grammar · Level 4 · 4급
-는구나/-군요
Oh, I see — noticing
-구나 and -군요 mark something you have just noticed or realised. -구나 is for yourself or close friends; -군요 is the polite form, a little more thoughtful than -네요. Action verbs take -는구나 / -는군요 in the present; adjectives, nouns and anything in the past take -구나 / -군요 directly.
| When | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| action verb, now | -는구나 · -는군요 | 잘 쓰는구나 · 읽는군요 |
| adjective | -구나 · -군요 | 예쁘구나 · 길군요 |
| past | -았/었구나 · -았/었군요 | 다 읽었구나 · 다 읽었군요 |
| noun | (이)구나 · (이)군요 | 호랑이구나 · 한글이군요 |
Examples
벌써 다 읽었군요.
So you've already read it all.
글씨가 참 예쁘군요.
What beautiful handwriting.
아, 그래서 소나무 이야기를 하셨구나.
Oh, so that's why she talked about the pine tree.
Practise it in context · Level 4, Unit 10
Hoya reads the letter
A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.
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