는다 하다

supposing you do that

Quotes a plain statement and hangs a condition on it: 아직도 아침에 팬케이크 먹는다 하면은 "even now, supposing pancakes for breakfast…", 영국에서 밤 11시에 먹는다 해봐 "imagine having this at 11pm in Britain". Five lines here use it that way to set up a scenario. It also reports what someone said: 그렇게 아침을 안 먹는다 하고 또 뭘 먹네 "said we weren't having breakfast, and here we are eating again". The full form is 는다고 하다; the 고 drops out in speech.

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