-(으)ㄴ/는 대로라면
if it is as … says
Takes a report or a plan at face value and reasons from it. Built on 대로 plus the conditional — “if things are as stated.”
Build it
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When to use it
With a noun it attaches directly: 예보대로라면, 계획대로라면, 소문대로라면. With a clause it follows the modifier system and takes a space: 들은 대로라면.
The premise is something reported or planned, not a fact you have verified. The sentence then draws a conclusion from it: 예보대로라면 내일은 비가 오겠군요.
Because you are reasoning from someone else’s account, the second clause usually hedges — -겠다, -(으)ㄹ 것이다, -(으)ㄹ 텐데.
It pairs naturally with -에 따르면: that one names the source, this one reasons from what it says.
How to attach it
| Situation | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Any noun | 대로라면 — joined | 예보대로라면 |
| After a clause | -(으)ㄴ/는 대로라면 | 들은 대로라면 |
| Ends in ㄹ | ㄹ drops | 만들다 → 만드는 대로라면 |
| Premise is | reported or planned | not a verified fact |
| Second clause | usually hedged | … -겠다, -(으)ㄹ 것이다 |
| Names the source | -에 따르면 | 예보에 따르면 |
In use
일기예보대로라면 내일은 비가 오겠군요.
If the forecast is right, it will rain tomorrow.
계획대로라면 다음 달에 공사가 끝납니다.
If all goes to plan, the work finishes next month.
소문대로라면 그 회사는 이미 매각되었다.
If the rumours are true, the company has already been sold.
제가 들은 대로라면 회의는 취소되었을 텐데요.
From what I heard, the meeting should have been cancelled.
직접 만드는 대로라면 원가가 훨씬 낮아질 것이다.
If it is indeed made in-house, the cost should come down considerably.
약속대로라면 벌써 도착했어야 합니다.
Going by what was agreed, they should have arrived by now.
Compared with
-에 따르면
에 따르면 names the source and reports what it says; 대로라면 takes that content as a premise and reasons on from it.
예보에 따르면 비가 온다고 한다. (reports) / 예보대로라면 비가 오겠다. (concludes)
-(으)ㄴ/는 대로
대로 alone means “as, in accordance with.” Adding 라면 turns it into a supposition rather than an instruction.
들은 대로 전했어요. (passed it on as heard) / 들은 대로라면 (if what I heard is right)
-(으)면
-(으)면 supposes anything at all; 대로라면 supposes specifically that a report or plan holds true.
비가 오면 취소해요. (if it rains) / 예보대로라면 취소해야겠어요. (if the forecast holds)
Watch out
직접 만들는 대로라면 원가가 낮아질 것이다.
직접 만드는 대로라면 원가가 낮아질 것이다.
Stems ending in ㄹ drop it before -는, as everywhere in the modifier system.
제가 들은대로라면 회의는 취소됐어요.
제가 들은 대로라면 회의는 취소되었을 텐데요.
After a modifier, 대로 takes a space. And since you are reasoning from a report, the conclusion is normally hedged.
예보대로라면 어제 비가 왔어요.
예보대로라면 내일은 비가 오겠군요.
The construction supposes a premise and draws a conclusion. A plain past fact needs no supposition.
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