Korean Grammar Patterns

-군(요)

Meaning

realization / mild exclamation

How to use it

Sentence ending expressing the speaker's fresh realization or mild surprise about a newly learned fact. Verbs take -는군(요), adjectives/nouns take -군(요). Casual form is -군 / -구나.

-구나 is the most common spoken casual variant.,Often paired with 아 / 그렇- : 아, 그렇군요 'Ah, I see.'

Examples

Korean	English
벌써 눈이 오는군요. beolsseo nuni oneungunyo.	Oh, it's already snowing (I realize).
아, 그래서 늦었구나. a, geuraeseo neujeotguna.	Ah, so that's why you were late.

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