Korean grammar · Level 5
V/A-다니(요) · -았/었다니(요) · N(이)라니(요)
-다니! — reacting to what you have just heard
Taught in Level 5, Unit 6: 3,000 comments
bad news online arrives as somebody else's words — your video's been reported, there are three thousand comments. -다니 picks up what you just heard or saw and reacts to it: surprise, disbelief, admiration — or, in the right voice, sarcasm.
Example
벌써 금요일이라니, 이번 주도 다 갔네요.
Friday already? This week's nearly gone.
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