Korean grammar patterns › Level 5
-(으)ㄴ/는 마당에
at this point / in a situation where … (already)
Level 5 · TOPIK II · advanced
How to use it
Clause 1 is a situation that has already been reached (often bad); clause 2 says what doesn't make sense or what one should do given it. Often with rhetorical questions or 소용없다.
Forming it
| 그만두다 | → 그만두는 마당에 |
| 끝나다 | → 끝난 마당에 |
| 힘들다 | → 힘든 마당에 |
Examples
회사를 그만두는 마당에 무슨 걱정을 하겠어요?
I'm quitting the company anyway, so what's there to worry about?
이미 다 끝난 마당에 후회해도 소용없어요.
It's already all over, so regretting it is no use.
Compared with similar patterns
-(으)ㄴ 이상 states a fact that leads to a duty; -는 마당에 stresses 'given how things have come to this', usually with a negative or resigned tone.