-게끔
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Grammar · 1 sense
so that, such that, in a way that
Examples
아무도 눈치를 채지 못하게끔 조심스럽게 과자를 훔쳐먹었다.
I ate the snacks stealthily such that no one would notice.
'떡밥'이란 알려지지 않았던 사실이나 반전 등을 작품에서 직접적으로 드러내기 전 그 사실을 조금이나마 유추할 수 있게끔 미리 작품속에 숨겨놓은 내용을 비유적으로 이르는 말이다.
'떡밥' is a figurative expression for the phenomenon in which a plot twist or new information is hinted at before it is directly revealed, so that readers have the chance to guess.
When you'd hear it
-게끔 appears in both conversation and writing, but it is especially common in careful explanations, instructions, news, and workplace speech. It often sounds deliberate when describing how someone arranges conditions for a result to occur.
What learners get wrong
Learners often treat -게끔 as identical to -도록. Both can express a desired result, but -게끔 more strongly highlights arranging or doing something so that the expected result becomes possible.
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