Easy Korean - Level 9, Unit 12: As you know / As you can see (-다시피)

When you are stating something that the listener is already aware of, or something they can clearly see with their own eyes, you use the structure -다시피.

It translates to "As you can see," "As you know," or "As you are aware."

Structure Breakdown

• -다시피 = as / just as (doing)

It is usually attached to sensory verbs (to see, to hear, to feel) or verbs related to knowledge (to know, to guess).

How to Conjugate

Just attach -다시피 to the verb stem.

• 보다 (to see) -> 보다시피 (As you can see)
• 아시다 (to know - honorific) -> 아시다시피 (As you know)
• 들으시다 (to hear - honorific) -> 들으시다시피 (As you hear/heard)
• 짐작하시다 (to guess - honorific) -> 짐작하시다시피 (As you might guess)

Note: We almost always use the honorific infix '-시-' with verbs like 알다 or 듣다 because we are referring to the listener's knowledge or action.

-다시피 하다 (To practically do something)

There is a second, slightly different usage. If you say [Action]-다시피 하다, it means "I practically [Action]" or "I am doing something to the point that it is basically [Action]."

• 요즘 너무 바빠서 회사에서 살다시피 해요. (I am so busy these days that I practically live at the company.)
• 매일 굶다시피 하고 일했어요. (I worked while practically starving every day.)

Example Sentences

1. 아시다시피, 저희 회사는 지금 어려운 상황입니다. (As you know, our company is in a difficult situation right now.)

2. 지금 보다시피 비가 너무 많이 와서 나갈 수 없어요. (As you can see now, it's raining too much so we can't go out.)

3. 모두 들으시다시피 이것은 사실이 아닙니다. (As you all hear, this is not the truth.)