어쩌면 그렇게 V/A+ 어요/아요/여요?

It is used to tell in admiration that a newly recognized behavior or condition is very so. ‘그렇게’ can be replaced with ‘이렇게 or ‘저렇게’ depending on what the speaker is indicating. The action verb is often used with an adverb such as ‘잘, 자주’.

If the last letter of the action verb or a descriptive verb ends with ‘ㅏ, ㅗ’ you should use ‘-아요?’, if it ends with other vowels (ㅓ,ㅜ,ㅡ,ㅣ), you use ‘-어요’. If it ends with ‘하-‘, you should use ‘-여요(해요)?’.

요리를 배운 지 한 달 밖에 안 됐는데 어쩌면 그렇게 요리를 잘 하세요?
It’s only been a month since you learned to cook. How come you’re so good at cooking?

저 의사 선생님은 어쩌면 그렇게 불친절하지? 항상 얼굴을 찡그리고 있는 것 같아.
How could that doctor be so unkind? Seems like he is always frowning.

엄마, 집 주변이 어쩜 이렇게 달라졌어요? 집을 못 찾아올 뻔했어요.
Mom, how could the neighborhood become so different? I almost couldn’t find my house.

 

Conversation:

자, 이제 시간도 늦었는데 슬슬 모임을 마무리할까요?
Well, it’s too late. Shall we wrap up the meeting?

밥값은 공평하게 나눠서 내는 게 좋을 것 같아요.
I think it’d be better to split the bill fairly.

네, 모두 8만 5천 원 나왔어요.
Yes, it’s 85,000 won in total.

제가 카드로 한꺼번에 계산할 테니까 저한테 현금으로 주세요.
I’ll pay with my credit card all at once so give me the cash.

그럼 우리가 세 명이니까…. 잠깐만요. 계산기로 좀 계산해 볼게요.
So there are three of us…. wait, I will check it out with the calculator.

두 사람이 2만 8천 원씩이고 한 사람이 2만 9천 원 내면 돼요. 제가 천 원 더 낼게요.
It’s 28,000 won each for two people and one person will pay 29,000 won. I’ll pay an extra thousand won.

와, 어쩌면 그렇게 암산이 빠르세요?
Wow, how come you’re so quick with mental arithmetic?

일하면서 자주 암산하다 보니까 저절로 빨라지더라고요.
I naturally got faster after doing mental arithmetic so often while working.

Related words
공평하다 to be fair
계산기 calculator
암산 mental arithmetic
저절로 naturally

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute