Korean grammar patterns › Level 3
-(으)ㄴ 채(로)
with (something) still in that state; as it is
Level 3 · TOPIK II · intermediate
How to use it
Clause 2 happens while the state resulting from clause 1 stays unchanged, often something unusual or undesirable.
Forming it
| 켜다 | → 켠 채로 |
| 입다 | → 입은 채로 |
| 열다 | → 연 채로 |
| 앉다 | → 앉은 채로 |
Only the past modifier -(으)ㄴ: ✗ 켜는 채로. Not with movement verbs like 가다/오다.
Examples
어젯밤에 불을 켠 채로 잠이 들었어요.
Last night I fell asleep with the light on.
신발을 신은 채로 들어오지 마세요.
Don't come in with your shoes on.
Compared with similar patterns
-아/어 있다 describes a resulting state at the end of a sentence; -(으)면서 means two actions at the same time.