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A-다는 것은 N에서 알 수 있다

No. 017 · 2026.10.31 Sat · TOPIK 3-4

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TOPIK 3-4

A-다는 것은 N에서 알 수 있다

you can tell … from …

States a fact, then says what it is you are reading that fact off. The N in the second half is your evidence — usually a figure, a document, or something visible. Common in reports and analysis because it delivers the conclusion and the grounds for it in one sentence.

손님이 줄었다는 것은 매출에서 알 수 있습니다.

You can tell from the sales figures that there have been fewer customers.

그분이 꼼꼼하다는 것은 그때 정리해 준 사진첩에서 알 수 있어요.

You can tell how meticulous he is from the photo album he put together for us back then.

선배가 우리를 아꼈다는 것은 그 편지에서 알 수 있어요.

You can tell the senior cared about us from that letter.

※Don't confuse it with -기 때문에. This pattern is not about the cause, it is about what you are reading the fact off. 매출이 줄었다는 것은 이번 분기 보고서에서 알 수 있습니다 — the report is how you know, not why sales fell.

접속 conjugation

Adjectives take -다는 것은
- 부족하다부족하다는 것은
Verbs take -ㄴ/는다는 것은
- 가다간다는 것은 / 먹다 → 먹는다는 것은. Past tense is always -았/었다는 것은
The evidence can be marked with either N에서 or N(으)로
- 보고서에서 / 이번 수치로

일상 회화

EVERYDAY

그때 그 선배, 기억이 좀 다르네요　We remember that senior differently——Two former club members run into each other at a reunion after years apart and start talking about the senior who used to lead them. Their memories do not line up.（지현＝Ji-hyeon (former club member) ／ 태우＝Tae-u (former club member)）

지현태우 씨는 지금도 이 동아리 모임에 와요?

Do you still come to this club reunion?

태우네, 일 년에 한 번쯤은 와요. 오늘 지현 씨를 볼 줄은 몰랐어요.

I do, about once a year. I didn’t expect to see you today.

지현예전에 저희 지도해 주시던 민 선배 기억나요? 저는 그 선배가 좀 까다롭다고 생각했어요.

Do you remember Min sunbae, who used to mentor us back then? I always thought Min was a bit hard to please.

태우까다로운 게 아니라 꼼꼼한 거였어요. 민 선배가 꼼꼼하다는 것은 그때 남겨 준 회의록에서 알 수 있어요.

He wasn’t difficult, he was meticulous. You can tell how meticulous he was from the minutes he left us.

지현듣고 보니 그러네요. 저는 선배가 냉정하다고만 기억했어요. 단점만 본 것 같아요.

Now that you say it, yes. I only remembered him as cold. I think I only saw his faults.

태우저도 비슷해요. 그때는 선배 잔소리만 기억에 남았어요.

Same here. Back then, all that stuck with me was our sunbae's nagging.

지현지금 와서 보면 그 꼼꼼함이 선배의 매력이었던 것 같아요. 덕분에 우리 팀 평가는 늘 긍정적이었잖아요.

Looking back, that thoroughness was what made him appealing. Thanks to him, our team's reviews were always positive.

태우맞아요. 다음 모임에는 민 선배도 부르면 좋겠어요.

True. I hope we can get him to come to the next one.

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