ㄴ 것 같다

ngeotgatda

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Also spelled ngotgatda

seems to have; I think

A hedged judgement about what is already true. With an action verb it points at something finished — I think I left my wallet, it seems to have gone smoothly, I think they were cooked with lemon. With a describing word it points at a present quality — you seem surprised, the chef seems slender. The neighbouring forms shift the timing: 는 것 같다 for an action going on now, ㄹ 것 같다 for something still ahead; 은 것 같다 is this same ending spelled out after a consonant.

Register: constant in speech; softens opinions

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