-(느)ㄴ다니까

(n/neun)danikka/(i)ranikka

Grammar · 1 sense

since I said / since they said - and so

Examples

일찍 자라니까 계속 게임만 하더라고요.

I told him to get to bed early and he just kept playing games.

바쁘다니까 다들 이해해 주셨어요.

I said I was busy, and everyone was understanding about it.

When you'd hear it

This is common in conversational Korean, especially when correcting someone or insisting on information already stated. It appears often in dramas and everyday speech among friends, family, or coworkers, but can sound impatient or defensive depending on intonation.

What learners get wrong

Short for -(느)ㄴ다고 하니까. The first clause is something said - by you or by someone else - and the second is the response it produced, whether an action, a remark or a feeling: 같이 보자니까 이런 영화는 안 좋아한다고 하더라고요. The shape follows the sentence type quoted: -(으)라니까 for an instruction, -자니까 for a suggestion, -(느)냐니까 for a question.

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