8 길래 💞

Question 1

Similar to 어/아서 and 니까 is
길래
Common as well

Question 2

길래 express reason why action is done
In situations when you’ve done something as a result of observing

Answer 2

2 doing something as a result of judging a situation
3 asking the reason /background for a decision

Question 3

길래 usually in past or present
Usually can’t use in future

Question 4

Verb + 길래 +result action
이 길래 after a noun

Question 5

1 observation

비가 오길래 우산을 가져왔어요.
It’s raining so (took the action of) brought an umbrella

Answer 5

비가 와서 우산을 가져왔어or
비가 오니까 우산을 가져왔어요 both work
But 길래 shows your intention or observation better

Question 6

1) observations
맛있길래 더 사 (i observed) It was delicious so I bought more

Answer 6

사람이 많길래 그냥 나왔어요.
(I observed) There were a lot of people so I just left the place

Question 7

Situation or state of something resulting from judging

것 같아 is not an action but a state
And judging the rain
비가 올 것 같길래 그냥 집에 있었어요
I seems like it will rain, so I just stayed at home

Answer 7

도사관이 문을 닫을 것 같길래 그냥 돌아왔어요
The library seems like the doors are going to close so I just came back

Question 8

It seems like it will rain so I just stayed home
The store looked like it will closed so I came back
These situations, are using judgement so could actually be wrong
Maybe it’s not rainy maybe the store is open

Question 9

3 background / reason for a decision

지금 어디에 있길래 이렇게 시끄러워요?
Where are you now that it’s noisy like that?

이렇게 시끄러워요 is not a question by itself , but has 어디

Question 10

After or before 길래 is the action

Answer 10

처음 보는 과자길래, 한번 사서 먹었어봤어 since i saw that snack i bought it once and tried it

Question 11

뭐 했길래 이렇게 지쳤어요?

Answer 11

What did you do that made you sleepy like that?

A direct correlation (unlike if 니까 or 서 was here)

Question 12

When you hear 뭐 했길래..
You can expect some accusation

Answer 12

뭐 했길래 이렇게 지쳤어요?
What did you do to be so tired?

Question 13

And if following action/state is obvious, you don’t need to say it like

뭐 했길래… what did you do to..

Question 14

To quote a noun 라고

경화 씨가 뭐라고 말했길래 이렇게 슬퍼요?
What did Kyung-hwa say to make you sad like that?

Answer 14

주연 씨가 뭐라고 말했길래 이렇게 행복해요?
What did Jooyeon say to make you so happy?

Question 15

Jooyeon likes Iron Man, so I bought (for her) er an Iron Man figure.

주연 씨가 아이언맨을 좋아하길래, 아이언맨 피규어를 사 줬어요.
Literally I observed she likes iron man

Question 16

피곤하길래 그녕 집에 있어요
Is literally “I observed being tired”

Question 17

Reason 길래reaction/decision
I was tired 길래 I stayed homef

Question 18

길개 usually not in future

Question 19

in a declarative sentence, the second clause is often “i” and first clause is the second or third person

Answer 19

ex “(i observed) the CHILD was sleeping so, “I” woke him up”
(note literal 저/나 are often ommited but still “there”

Question 20

‘It” is in third person (so before 길래)
(i observed) it was cloudy so, i brought an umbrella