ㄴ데요

ndeyo

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Also spelled nde

Sets up whatever comes next

It ends the sentence but leaves it hanging, so the listener waits for the follow-up: here is some very important news, so please listen carefully. It also softens a lead-in, as in the line beginning sorry, but how did you pass away. In the question 뭔데요 it makes the demand sound engaged rather than curt. The plain, non-polite form is 는데.

Register: polite conversational

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