Korean grammar patterns › Level 5
-다시피
as (you know/see); (do) almost as if
Level 5 · TOPIK II · advanced
How to use it
1) With verbs of knowing or perceiving (알다, 보다, 듣다, 느끼다), it means 'as you know / see'. 2) With other verbs + 하다, it means 'almost, practically doing': 굶다시피 하다 'practically starve'.
Forming it
| 알다 | → 아시다시피 |
| 보다 | → 보시다시피 |
| 살다 | → 살다시피 하다 |
| 굶다 | → 굶다시피 하다 |
Meaning 1 works only with knowing/perceiving verbs; meaning 2 needs 하다 after it. Not used with adjectives.
Examples
아시다시피 요즘 물가가 많이 올랐어요.
As you know, prices have gone up a lot lately.
시험 기간이라 도서관에서 살다시피 했어요.
It was exam period, so I practically lived in the library.
Compared with similar patterns
-듯(이) means 'as if, like' and compares to something else; -다시피 하다 says you nearly did the action itself.