Nuance Dictionary / Top N Listicles
왜 그랬대 wae geu-raet-dae
Why would they do that? — sympathetic outrage on the listener's behalf
What does 왜 그랬대 mean?
왜 그랬대 (wae geu-raet-dae) means: Why would they do that? — sympathetic outrage on the listener's behalf. The '-대' ending marks it as reacting to someone else's story, not asking a real question.
The '-대' ending marks it as reacting to someone else's story, not asking a real question. It quietly takes the storyteller's side without needing to say 'that's unfair.'
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저런 jeo-reon큰일 날 뻔했네 keun-il nal ppeon-haet-ne세상에 se-sang-e진짜 속상하겠다 jin-jja sok-sang-ha-get-da그 마음 어쩌냐 geu ma-eum eo-jjeo-nya