V/A+ 던데요.

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요즘 운동을 정말 열심히 하는 것 같아요.
It seems that you exercise really hard these days.
살이 너무 많이 쪄서 살을 빼려고 운동을 시작했어요. 그런데 아무리 운동을 많이 해도 살이 안 빠져요.
I've gained too much weight, so I started exercising to lose some weight. But I am not losing weight even though I exercise a lot.
지금 딱 보기 좋은데요.
You look perfectly good right now.
아니에요. 지난달에 비해서 몸무게가 3킬로그램(kg)이나 늘었어요.
No, my weight increased by three kilograms compared to last month.
저는 한 이틀만 많이 먹어도 2, 3킬로그램(kg)이 찌던데요. 운동하면 3킬로그램(kg) 정도는 금방 뺄 수 있어요.
I remember I gained two or three kilograms after eating a lot for only about two days. You will be able to lose three kilograms quickly if you do exercise.
아니에요. 운동해서 살 빼는 것이 얼마나 힘든지 몰라요.
No. You wouldn't know how difficult it is to lose weight by exercise.

V/A+ 던데요.
It is used to state now a fact that the speaker saw or felt personally in the past.

아까 우빈 씨 사무실에 전화했는데 아무도 전화를 안 받던데요.
I remember that no one answered the phone when I called Mr. Woobin's office a while ago.

제가 오늘 학교에 왔을 때 교실에 아무도 없던데요.
I remember no one was in the classroom when I got to school today.

동대문 시장에 가 보니까 예쁘고 싼 옷들이 정말 많던데요.
I remember there were a lot of pretty cheap clothes at Dongdaemun Market.

Related words
살을 빼다 to lose weight
딱 perfectly
지난달 last month
몸무게 weight
킬로그램(kg) a kilogram
늘다 to increase, to gain
동대문 시장 Dongdaemun Market

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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