It was, it seemed
This expression is used to express the speaker's recollection that he or she directly saw, heard, or felt some prior event or action.
1. Because this expression refers to something the speaker directly saw or heard, the subject of the sentence cannot be the speaker. That is, the sentence cannot be in the first person.
2. This expression is only used to state something the speaker learned for the first time, not something already known.
The fact was previously known by the speaker, so -더라고요 cannot be used.
3. The first person subject can be used when expressing a person's mood, emotions, or feelings. When the third person is used, the form A+아/어하다 must be used.
4. While roughly equivalent in meaning to -더군(요) or -더라 this expression carries a slightly stronger sense of emphasis. However, while -더군(요) can be used with both honorific speech and familiar speech styles, -더라 can only be used with familiar speech.
To refer to things that completed in the past. -았/었더라고요 is used
Used to relate something that the speaker came to know through direct past experience. Usually conjugated in present tense. Often used as '-더라' in casual speech.
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