📘 Intermediate Day 8: Explaining Reasons – ~거든요 / ~(으)니까 Welcome to Day 8 of the Intermediate Korean series! 🌟 Today’s focus is all about explaining reasons naturally in conversation using: ~거든요 – for background explanations or subtle reasons ~(으)니까 – for direct, causal reasons or instructions Both of these expressions are essential for giving reasons, but they’re used in slightly different ways depending on tone and intention. 📘 1. ~거든요 – Giving Background or Soft Explanation ~거든요 is used when giving a reason or explanation in a soft, often background-focused way. It’s especially common in spoken Korean and often used when the listener didn’t ask “why” directly, but you still want to explain. 🔧 How to use: Verb/Adjective/Noun + 거든요 📌 Examples: 지금 바빠요. 수업이 있 거든요 . ji-geum ba-ppa-yo. su-eop-i it-geo-deun-yo 👉 I’m busy now. I have class, you see. 오늘은 못 가요. 약속이 있 거든요 . o-neul-eun mot ga-yo. yak-sok-i it-geo-deun-yo ...