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For Doing This, I Found -는 데에

You are describing what your work is useful for and what you have learned through doing it. -는 데에 names the task a resource or effort serves; -다 보니 connects continued activity with an emerging result.

What the Help, Time, or Effort Is For

Verb stem + -는 데에 names an activity when talking about its usefulness, requirements, cost, or duration: 배우는 데에 도움이 되다, 준비하는 데에 시간이 걸리다. 에 is often omitted. Leave a space before 데에; it is a dependent noun in this construction.

i sajeoneun sae daneoreul baeuneun dee doumi dwaeyo.

This dictionary helps with learning new words.

balpyoreul junbihaneun dee du sigani geollyeosseoyo.

It took two hours to prepare the presentation.

What Emerges Through Doing

Attach -다 보니 to an action verb stem: 일하다 보니, 만나다 보니, 읽다 보니. It shortens -다 보니까. The following clause gives a changed situation, discovery, or unplanned result that emerged through the activity.

maeil i gireul geotda boni dongnega iksukhaejyeosseoyo.

Walking this route every day, I came to know the neighbourhood.

chingureul dowajuda boni jeodo mani baewosseoyo.

By helping my friend along the way, I learned a lot too.

Hint · 힌트

Compare 배우는 데 도움이 돼요, “It helps with learning,” with 배우는데 어려워요, “I’m learning it, but it’s hard.” The first has a dependent noun 데 with a space; the second has the connecting ending -는데. -다 보면 often looks ahead to what may result if you continue.

Vocabulary

Korean	English
사전 sajeon	dictionary
단어 daneo	word
도움이 되다 doumi doeda	to be helpful
발표 balpyo	presentation
걸리다 geollida	to take time
익숙해지다 iksukhaejida	to become familiar
개발하다 gaebalhada	to develop
분석하다 bunseokhada	to analyse
관리하다 gwallihada	to manage
제작하다 jejakhada	to produce
창조하다 changjohada	to create
연구하다 yeonguhada	to research
검사하다 geomsahada	to inspect
해결하다 haegyeolhada	to solve
제공하다 jegonghada	to provide
홍보하다 hongbohada	to promote
고객 gogaek	customer
제품 jepum	product
업무 eommu	job duties
기술 gisul	technology or skill

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