Key Expressions 1

The expression we will learn today is: “BTS’ song was ranked no. 1 on the Billboard charts.”

‘-(ㄴ/는)대요’

Have you heard any latest news about your favorite singers or actors? How can we tell the news to our friends? To do so, you use the expression “-(ㄴ/는) 대요” at the end of the news you heard.

1) ‘-(이)래요’

To begin with, when you use the expression with a noun, you use ‘-(이)래요.’ If the noun ends a bottom consonant, such as ‘한국사람 (Korean),’ you express it as ‘한국사람이래요 (is a Korean),” and if the noun doesn’t end with a bottom consonant, such as ‘의사 (doctor),’ you express it as ‘의사래요 (is a doctor).’

2) ‘-대요’

for the adjectives, Whether the word contains the bottom consonant or not, such as ‘인기가 많대요 (is popular)’ and ‘유명하대요 (is well-known),’ we are always going to use ‘-대요.’

3) ‘-는대요’

for the verbs, if the word contains the bottom consonant, such as ‘먹는대요 (is going to eat),’ we use the expression ‘-는대요,’ and if the word doesn’t contain the bottom consonant, such as ‘온대요 (is going to come),’ we are going to use the expression ‘-ㄴ대요.’

Let’s practice while looking at another example sentence.

• 저는 NCT를 좋아하는데요, 곧 미니앨범이 나온대요.