二TOPIK 3-4

A-다면서요?

I hear that… is that right?

Takes something you were told and puts it to the person in front of you for checking. It assumes you have already heard the news, so you are not asking for information but testing whether what you heard matches the facts. Depending on tone it can sound curious or faintly accusing.

접속 conjugation

  • Adjectives take it straight onto the stem: 바쁘다 → 바쁘다면서요? ／ 좋다 → 좋다면서요?
  • Verbs need -ㄴ/는다 first: 가다 → 간다면서요? ／ 먹다 → 먹는다면서요?
  • The past goes after -았/었: 춥다 → 추웠다면서요?
  • In speech it often contracts to -다며요?

예문

EXAMPLES
이번 겨울이 유난히 춥다면서요?
I hear this winter is unusually cold?from 2026.09.11 Fri the examples
감사합니다. 그런데 이번 수정은 범위가 넓다면서요?
Thank you. I hear the revision covers a lot of ground this time?from 2026.09.11 Fri the business dialogue
※You cannot use it for something nobody told you. Saying 「이 옷 예쁘다면서요?」 the first time you see a piece of clothing is odd, because the form presupposes that someone mentioned the clothes were pretty. It is not your own reaction in the moment. For that, say 「이 옷 예쁘네요」.

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