있더라고

was (there/doing something), I found that ...

→ 있다
auxiliary · informal, past tense Rare #22,271
was (there/doing something), I found that ... Used after a verb or adjective to report something the speaker noticed or discovered; with -고, it can describe an action in progress or a resulting state.
KO: 문을 열어 보니 고양이가 안에 자고 있더라고.
EN: When I opened the door, I found that a cat was sleeping inside.
Conjugation of 있다

도착해 보니 놈들이 와 있더라고

When I got there, those guys were already there.

— 롤라 런 (1998)

여자 랑 놀고 있더라고.

He was hanging out with a girl.

— 씨너스: 죄인들 (2025)