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너무 고맙다고. What does 고 mean here? When 고 is said at the end of a sentence what does it mean? Is it just an abbreviated form where something else is left out. Like 너무 고맙다고 (합니다). Can anyone explain this grammar? Adjective~다고 + 하다. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^*

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Kaeti는 한국어배운다며 접근하더니 얼마안가 좋아한다 결혼하자고 하더군요. 처음엔 진심인지 의심도 됐지만 오빠라 부르며 살갑게 대하길래 진짜인 줄 알았습니다. 그런데 어느날 갑자기 돈을 빌려달라고 하더군요. 돈이 없다고 하니까 갑자기 화를 버럭 내면서 얼굴을 확 바꿔버리더군요. 그러더니 그 다음부터는 그만 나가떨어지라는 식으로 괴팍하게 바뀌어 결국 그거로 끝났습니다. 생긴것과는 속이 완전히 다릅니다. 한국과 다르게 윤리도덕같은것도 없이 그냥 되는대로 막사는 사람 많습니다. 이제는 아예 서울로 와서 남자들을 모으고 있군요. 이게 대체 신종혼테크인지 ㄲ뱀인지 뭔지 모르겠지만, 순진하게 넘어가서 피해보는 사람이 없길 바라는 마음에 적습니다.
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the '고' is a conjunction for a complex sentence. Its usage depends on the context though. Let me give you some examples. Example 1 : '사랑한다고' (나는) 너를 사랑한다고 말하고 싶어. I you to love to say to want The above Korean sentence may be translated in English as following. -> I want to say that I love you. As seeing, the '고' can be recognized as 'that' in a complex sentence in English. Example 2 : '고맙다고' 형은 나에게 고맙다고 말했어. brother to me thank to say The above Korean sentence may be translated in English as following. -> My brother told me 'thank you' As seeing, if you add a phrase to a sentence, you can use '고' as same as the above. There is an exception that you can use '고' though. Basicially the sentence means almost same, but the nuance could be different. Example 1 (나는) (이미) (너에게) 미안하다고 말했잖아! (the speaker must be shouting) I already to you to sorry to say This Korean sentence can be abbreviated as following 미안하다고 ! The above Korean sentence may be translated in English as following. -> I already said that I'm sorry ! I don't think I properly explained, but hope this helped.
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너무 고맙다는 thank you very much.

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