Korean grammar · Level 5
V/A-다길래 · -다기에 · N(이)라길래 · N(이)라기에
Since I heard that … — acting on a reason someone else gave you
Taught in Level 5, Unit 6: 3,000 comments
Junho did it because his friends said it was fine. When the reason for what you did is something you heard or read, Korean packs 'they said so, so I…' into one ending: -다길래 in speech, -다기에 in writing.
Example
친구가 이 영화가 재미있다길래 같이 보러 갔어요.
My friend said this film was good, so we went to see it together.
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