N + 더러 / 보고 (To someone - in indirect commands/requests)
Meaning: To someone / telling someone to (dative particle marking the recipient of an indirect command, request, or proposal in spoken Korean).
Conjugation & Pattern
- Person noun (N) + 더러 / 보고
- Followed by indirect speech: -(으)라고 하다, -자고 하다, -달라고 하다
Detailed Usage
Similar to 에게/한테, but attaches only to animate nouns and is mainly restricted to indirect speech involving commands, proposals, or questions in colloquial Korean.
Example Sentences
- 1
영호가 나더러 같이 등산 가자고 했다.
Yeonghoga nadeoreo gati deungsan gajago haetda.
Yongho asked me to go hiking together.
- 2
누가 너더러 여기를 다 청소하라고 했어?
Nuga neodeoreo yeogireul da cheongsoharago haesseo?
Who told you to clean up this entire place?
- 3
형은 동생보고 심부름을 다녀오라고 시켰다.
Hyeongeun dongsaengbogo simbureumeul danyeoorago sikyeotda.
The older brother told his younger sibling to go run an errand.
Important Notes
Cannot be used with simple verbs of giving (e.g., use 친구에게 선물을 주었다, not 친구더러).
