Level 6 Lesson 28 / it depends on … / -에 따라 달라요

Kyeong-eun Choi Lessons, Level 6
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When you want to say something like, “it depends on the situation”, “it depends on the person”, or “it depends on how soon you finish this”, you need to use the structure -에 따라 다르다 [-e tta-ra da-reu-da] or -마다 다르다 [-ma-da da-reu-da]. This is quite different than the verb for “to depend”, which is literally translated to 의지하다 [ui-ji-ha-da] or 의존하다 [ui-jon-ha-da] and is only when you are talking about actually being “dependent” on someone about a certain matter. Learn more and improve your Korean fluency with this lesson!

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Level 6 Lesson 28 / it depends on … / -에 따라 달라요
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  • higher level higher lesson, more difficult.hehe

    파이팅

  • jollysheep

    very useful phrase 🙂 thanks!

  • 경은 씨와 형우 씨:

    전 칠레 온 까밀로예요.
    이 문법에 대해서 자세히 설명해서 고마워요. “-마다 다르다”라는 것을 잘 아는데 “-에 따라 다르다”라는 것을 잘 몰랐어요.

    TTMIK 선생님한테서 많이 배웠지만 이번은 처음 논평해요.
    현우 씨는 미국사람처럼 영어를 해요. 스페인어도 잘 하고요?

    안녕히 계세요!

    • Sorry for typing error, I wrote 형우 instead of 현우 at the beginning. 정말 미안해요.

  • marie

    Hi! Thank you for this useful lesson.

    Can you please read my own sample sentence and correct it when it’s wrong? I’d like to know if I could get this lesson right.

    항공권 가격은 구할 때에 따라 달라져
    The price of the plane ticket depends on the moment you get it.

    Is that right? thank you!

    Marie

  • Wonderful lesson! Thank you so much! It was really, really helpful 🙂

  • Samier

    안녕하세요 TTMIK

    I really liked this lesson! I think it’ll help me expand my korean sentences 😀

    감사합니다
    사미르

  • nicky

    어디서 한국어를 배우는지에 따라 달라요. – 맞아요?

  • Skyler Knight

    잘들었습니다 ^_^

    저는 보면서 질문을 생겼네요. 저는 예전에 “어떻게 쓰냐에 따라 달라요”, 이런말 친구한테서 가르쳐졌는데, 그 문장 안에는, 왜 “냐” 쓰는지 아직도 몰라서 “냐” 쓰는 이유가 혹시 설명 할수있으세요? 부탁드립니다 ^^
    그리고 실수 했으면 잘고쳐주세요

    고맙습니다

    Skyler Knight

  • a: ” 김밥이 좋아해요?”
    b: “만든 사람에 따라 달라요”

  • Lawrence

    I like how you show us -느냐에 따라 later on and tell us that it is actually more common than the one in the lesson 😛

    I finally have time to look at these wonderful lessons again. I’m so behind 🙁

  • Do you want to eat this kimbap ?
    It’s depend on who made it
    Do you want to listen to music?
    depends on who sing it
    i only like Super Junior’ s song
    The weather is different/ depends on the country

    이 김밥 먹을래요 ?
    누구가 만들었는지에 따라서 달라요

    은약은 들기가 좋아요 ?
    누구가 노래를 하는지에 따라서 달라요
    슈주의 노래 만 좋아요
    날씨는 나라마다 달라요

  • 어디에 여행 가는지에 따라 달라요.

    누구와 공부하는지에 따라 달라요.   

    실수에 따라 달라요.

  • Catherine with a Sea

    감사합니다!!~~~

    Hello! I am wondering about “사람마다 달라요”. So this meaning is “it is different for every person”. How would I compare the sentence, “Every person is different”? My very very quick guess is that maybe it’s something like this: 다 사람이 달라요…

    maybe?

    Thanks so much! You guys are the best.

    • 학생

      “Every person is different” is actually the more literal meaning of 사람마다 달라요 or 사람마다 다 달라요.
      사람이 다 달라요 or 사람이 모두 달라요 or 모든 사람이 다 달라요 might be more like “these people are all different” or “everybody are different here” “all these people here are not like… something” (not necessary respectively).
      (여기에) 다 사람이 you will probably only see finish with 아니에요. These all people, are not, (there’s also animals here), or something like that.

    • 학생

      I mean if you write full sentence, to express like “Favored food is different for every person” – 제일 좋은 음식은 사람마다 달라요 , but literally its – first good food, every person different.
      So “it is different for every person” and “Every person is different” is same thing, depends on the context.
      That’s how I see it at least…

  • Jo A

    직업이 재미있는지, 도전지에 따라 달라요.
    Whether a job is interesting depends on the challenges.

    무슨 도전들있었어, 아마 직업마다 달라요.
    The challenges they have had probably depends on the job.

  • Winnie Zambo

    1.누구 사랑하는지에 따라 달라요
    2.취미에따라 달라요

    3.예정마다 달라요

  • Eman

    A. 이거 사람마다 할 수 있은 것 같아요. I think every person can do this.

    B. 아니요. 이건 숙련에 따라서 달라요. No..This is depends on skills.

    이건 어떤지에 따라서 달라요. This is depends on how to do it.

  • Annie Chen

    결혼후에 생활의 질량은 부부의 노격에 따라 달라요.

  • 하오라

    느낌에 따라 달라요 .
    느낌마다 달라요 .

  • Shy Unicorn ♡

    어디로 가는지에 따라 달라요.

  • JooyeonPark

    음식을 얼마나 만들 거예요?
    The rest of the sentences are great! 🙂

    • Paula Cho

      Thank you for correction.
      ☺

  • Sanjeeda Masroor

    1) It depends on what movie it is.
    – 영화에 따라서 달라요

    2) It depends on the author
    – 그 저자마다 달라요

    3) It depends on that book
    – 그 책에 따라서 달라요

    4) It depends on what type of movie you’re going to watch.
    – 당신이 어떤 영화 볼거는지에 따라서 달라요

    5) It depends on what you’re going to cook
    – 뭐가 요리할거는지에 따라서 달라요

    6) It depends on how much korean you’ve learned.
    – 한국어 얼마나 배웠는지에 따라서 달라요

    7) It depends on how much you’ve known
    – 얼마나 알고있는지에 따라서 달라요

    8) It depends on how much you’ve studied last year.
    – 작년에 얼마나 공부했는지에 따라 달라요

    감사합니다!!

  • Dania Freih

    1. 뭘 제일 좋아하는지에 따라서 달라요.
    2. 문법은 언어마다 달라요.
    3. 가격은 곳에 따라 달라요.

  • 마틴

    누구인지에 따라서 다르죠?
    It depends on who you are, doesn’t it?
    데이트할때 재미있는지 데이트하는 사람에 따라서 달라져요
    Whether or not it’s fun when you’re dating depends on the people who are dating (you)
    요즘 날씨 어때? 글쎄요. 잘 모르겠어요. 전국에 어디가 있느냐 다르거든요
    How is the whether these days? It depends on where you are in the country.

    please correct if needed. I am not sure about these sentences at all, especielly the second. And I am pretty sure it is not 전국

  • Angel

    Why has the scribed been removed?

  • 네덜란드사람

    얼마나 공부하는지에 따라 달라요

  • Hyuda

    한국어가 얼마나 어려워요? 사람에 따라서 달라요.
    How difficult is Korean? It depends on the person.

    이건 맛있어요? 어떡해 만들은지에 따라서 달라요.
    Is this delicious? It depends on how you make it.