Two sentence endings
I read two sentences today where I didn't understand the endings.
"오늘 소개팅 있거든" - I have a blind date today. What does '거든' do?
"자기 밥값은 자기가 낸다구" - pay for one's own meal. So 내다 is to pay... what's the purpose of -ㄴ다구 ?
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-거든 is basically an informative ending.
나 지금 나가봐야 되거든. 내 대신 일 좀 봐줄 수 있어?
I've gotta go out now. Could you cover for me?
- you're informing the listener that you must go out.
내 대신 일 좀 봐줄 수 있어? 나 지금 나가봐야 되거든.
Could you cover for me? Because I've gotta go out.
(This sounds a bit more polite.)
This ending can carry a sarcastic or cheeky or slightly angry tone depending on the context. The most typical one is "됐거든", means "No, thanks!"(sarcastic).
A : 좀 도와줄까? Do you want help? (smug expression on A's face)
B : 됐거든! No, thanks!
A : Are you Chinese or Japanese?
B : 나 한국 사람이거든!
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Maybe.. the whole paragraph is like this.
A : 너 오늘 시간 좀 있어?
B : 아니 없어. 오늘 소개팅 있거든
= 아니 없어. 오늘 소개팅 있기때문에 (안되)
거든 is the same as "because" , in this example.
자기 밥값은 자기가 낸다구
As explained above, this might be used to sounds cute.
But I think.. just understand this sentence "자기 밥값은 자기가 낸다."
And.. Sorry I cannot explain "구" because it is used to underscore some feeling but it varies in the respect of situations.
These days, some teenagers say like this "자기 밥값은 자기가 낸다규~~"
or "자기 밥값은 자기가 내는거삼"
In these examples, "다규~~", or "거삼" sounds funny and perhaps maybe.. cute.
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거든 usually means "because" but nowadays people use it instead of -어 to be 'cute' ^_^
다구 is an informal form of 다고. In your example, probably the full sentence would be "자기 밥값은 자기가 낸다고 (better yet 내기로) 하자." It is like 'that' in "that subject + Verb" which is used to make a noun phrase. However, again nowadays this expression is used to suggest something in a cute way.
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