-길래
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Grammar · 1 sense
Since, because, As a result of...
Examples
날씨가 따뜻하길래 산책을 했어요.
Since the weather was warm, I went for a walk.
사람들이 너무 많길래 다른 곳에 갔어요.
Because there were too many people, I went to a different place.
When you'd hear it
-길래 is common in conversation and polite everyday speech, including dramas and casual workplace talk. It often introduces something the speaker noticed, followed by the speaker’s reaction, choice, or action.
What learners get wrong
Unlike -아서/어서, -길래 usually presents a noticed situation as the reason for what the speaker then did or decided. It sounds less natural for stating a general cause or explaining an established fact.
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