-(으)ㄹ 텐데
(eu)l tende
Grammar · 1 sense
Would, suppose, must be
Examples
내일 비가 올 텐데 우산을 챙겨 가세요.
It's probably going to rain tomorrow, so make sure to bring an umbrella.
지금쯤 도착했을 텐데 아직 오지 않았어.
They should have arrived by now, but they still haven't come.
일찍 일어날 텐데 왜 아직도 자고 있어요?
You're supposed to wake up early, so why are you still sleeping?
When you'd hear it
Common in everyday conversation, including polite speech at work and casual speech with friends. It often appears when stating an expected situation before giving advice, a question, or a contrasting fact, and is also common in dialogue in dramas.
What learners get wrong
Unlike -(으)ㄹ 것 같다, -(으)ㄹ 텐데 often sets up a related reaction, contrast, or suggestion rather than simply making a prediction. It can refer to an expected past result too, as in 지금쯤 도착했을 텐데.
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