TOPIK 5The official curriculum lists (이)라든가 at level 5, with (이)라든지 as another form.
(이)라든지 ((i)radeunji) means "things like, such as".
Goes after nouns you give as examples, like "things like" in English: 청소라든지 빨래라든지 (cheongsoradeunji ppallaeradeunji), "things like cleaning and laundry".
Checked against the official learner dictionary from the National Institute of Korean Language
- After a consonant 이라든지, after a vowel 라든지.
- (이)라든가 (i)radeunga means the same thing.
- The things you name are examples of a kind, and there could be others. Sometimes they're options, and any one would do.
Build it
When to use it
Giving examples
Name a couple of things to show the kind you mean.
Any of these will do
Offer a few options without insisting on any of them.
In context
6 examples- 1
영어라든지 중국어라든지 외국어를 하나 배우고 싶어요.
Yeongeoradeunji junggugeoradeunji oegugeoreul hana baeugo sipeoyo.
I want to learn a foreign language, English or Chinese or something.
- 2
비행기 표라든가 호텔이라든가 미리 예약해야 해요.
Bihaenggi pyoradeunga hoteriradeunga miri yeyakaeya haeyo.
You need to book things like flights and hotels in advance.
- 3
공원이라든지 카페라든지 조용한 데서 만나요.
Gongwoniradeunji kaperadeunji joyonghan deseo mannayo.
Let's meet somewhere quiet, a park or a café or something.
- 4
주말에는 청소라든지 빨래라든지 할 일이 많아요.
Jumareneun cheongsoradeunji ppallaeradeunji hal iri manayo.
There's a lot to do on weekends, like cleaning and laundry.
- 5
김치라든지 된장이라든지 발효 음식이 몸에 좋대요.
Gimchiradeunji doenjangiradeunji balhyo eumsigi mome jotaeyo.
They say fermented foods like kimchi and doenjang are good for you.
- 6
불편한 점이라든지 궁금한 점이 있으면 연락 주세요.
Bulpyeonhan jeomiradeunji gunggeumhan jeomi isseumyeon yeollak juseyo.
If anything is a problem, or you have questions, please get in touch.
Practice
5 questions책 + (이)라든지
(이)라든지 or (이)나?
Both can list things. (이)나 (i)na most often offers a choice: 커피나 차 keopina cha, "coffee or tea". (이)라든지 leans on the idea that these are just examples, and the list could go on: 커피라든지 차라든지 keopiradeunji charadeunji, "coffee, tea, that sort of thing".
Not the same as 든지
On a question word, 든지 deunji means "any": 뭐든지 mwodeunji, "anything", 언제든지 eonjedeunji, "anytime". (이)라든지 doesn't work that way; it gives examples.
One example or two
It usually comes in pairs, A라든지 B라든지: 성격이라든지 말투라든지 다 마음에 들어요 seonggyeogiradeunji malturadeunji da maeume deureoyo, "I like things like their personality and the way they talk". One on its own is fine too, when the next noun finishes the list: 성격이라든지 말투가 seonggyeogiradeunji maltuga, "things like the personality and the way they talk".
Look it up in the dictionary
The entry for 이라든지 in two trusted Korean dictionaries.
