Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 7 - Upper-Intermediate Korean #2 (Lessons 181 to 210) ᚛ Lesson 208 - To someone, casual in Korean [더러] [보고]
To someone, casual in Korean [더러] [보고]
You know 에게 and 한테 to mark the person to whom one gives, says or asks something. In casual speech, two other particles play this role when reporting what someone said to someone: 더러 and 보고, "to (someone)". They are found mostly with indirect speech, to report an order, a request or a suggestion: 나더러 … 하라고 했어요, "he told me to…".
Telling someone to with 더러
더러 attaches directly to the noun of the person being addressed:
[Person]더러 [What is said to them: … -(으)라고 / -자고 / -냐고 하다]
The final verb is almost always a verb of speech: 하다, 말하다, 시키다, 제안하다, 권하다, 칭찬하다, 야단치다. Unlike 에게 and 한테, 더러 is not used with 주다 or verbs of giving: one does not say 친구더러 선물을 줬어요. The register is casual and spoken; in careful writing, 에게 is used instead.
오늘 한국어 말하기 발표 후에 선생님이 나더러 한국어 실력이 많이 늘었다고 칭찬해 주셔서 너무 기분이 좋았어.
→ After my Korean speaking presentation today, the teacher praised me for how much my Korean had improved, and I was so happy.
그 연예 기획사 사장이 우리에게 다가와서 언니더러 모델을 해 보지 않겠냐고 제안했어요.
→ The head of that entertainment agency came up to us and suggested to my sister that she try modeling.
엄마는 동생더러 집에 오는 길에 마트에 들러서 우유를 사 오라고 심부름 시켰어요.
→ Mom sent my little brother on an errand, telling him to stop by the supermarket on his way home and buy milk.
주인 아주머니는 우리더러 이 집에서 편히 지내면서 냉장고에 있는 음식도 마음껏 먹으라고 하셨어요.
→ The landlady told us to make ourselves at home and help ourselves freely to the food in the fridge.
부장님이 이번 회의 때 재훈 씨더러 프레젠테이션 하라고 하셨는데 못 들었어요?
→ The manager told Jaehoon to give the presentation at this meeting, did you not hear?
헬스 트레이너 선생님은 아버지더러 무리한 운동보다는 저중량 운동과 유산소 운동을 하시라고 권하셨어요.
→ The fitness trainer advised my father to do light weight training and cardio rather than overexerting himself.
취미로 찍은 사진을 글과 함께 웹사이트에 올렸는데, 한 출판사에서 저더러 책을 내 보지 않겠냐고 제안했어요.
→ I was posting my hobby photos with some writing on a website, and a publisher suggested that I put out a book.
엄마는 택배기사님더러 더운데 고생하시니 문 앞에 준비한 음료수랑 간식을 챙겨 가시라고 했어요.
→ Mom told the delivery man, who was struggling in the heat, to take the drink and snack she had left by the door.
Telling someone to with 보고
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