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A-다고(요)? · V-ㄴ/는다고(요)? · N(이)라고(요)? — you said …? — checking what you heard, and showing surprise
You said …? — checking what you heard, and showing surprise. Korean grammar for intermediate learners — Level 3A, lesson 8: 교통사고가 났다고요? (A traffic accident? — accidents and what followed).
What it means
When you hear something surprising, or don't quite catch it, Korean repeats the words back with -다고요? — literally 'you're saying that …?'. It is -다고 하다 from Lesson 3A-1 without 하다, with 요 on the end: 교통사고가 났다고요? 'You had a traffic accident?!'. The forms are the same as in -다고 하다: adjectives and 있다/없다 take -다고요? (아프다고요?, 없다고요?); verbs take -ㄴ다고요? after a vowel or ㄹ (간다고요?, 만든다고요?) and -는다고요? after a 받침 (먹는다고요?); nouns take -(이)라고요? (병원이라고요?, 702호라고요?). For the past use -았/었다고요? (넘어졌다고요?), and for plans -(으)ㄹ 거라고요?. If you missed one word, put a question word in its place: 뭐라고요? 'Sorry, what?', 몇 호라고요? 'Which room did you say?', 언제라고요? 'When?'. Say it with a rising tone. With a falling tone the same ending repeats what YOU said — 내일 간다고요. 'I said I'm going tomorrow' — which can sound impatient, so be careful with it, especially with older people.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -다고요? | 형용사 · 있다/없다 (받침 O · X 모두) | 아프다 + 다고요? → 아프다고요? |
| -ㄴ/는다고요? | 동사 — 받침 X · ㄹ → ㄴ다고요? / 받침 O → 는다고요? | 퇴원하다 + ㄴ다고요? → 퇴원한다고요? |
| -(이)라고요? | 명사 — 받침 O → 이라고요? / 받침 X → 라고요? | 병원 + 이라고요? → 병원이라고요? |
Key points
- What you heard + 고요? = you said …?: 형용사 -다고요? (아프다고요?) · 동사 -ㄴ/는다고요? (간다고요? · 먹는다고요?) · 명사 -(이)라고요? (병원이라고요?)
- It is -다고 하다 (Lesson 3A-1) without 하다. Past: -았/었다고요? (넘어졌다고요?). Didn't catch a word? Put 뭐 · 어디 · 몇 in its place: 뭐라고요? · 몇 호라고요?
Examples
- 들은 말을 다시 물어볼 때 써요. 놀랐을 때 · 잘 안 들렸을 때: 네? 교통사고가 났다고요?
- 형용사 → -다고요?: 아프다고요? · 비싸다고요? · 없다고요?
- 동사 → -ㄴ다고요?(받침 X · ㄹ) · -는다고요?(받침 O): 퇴원한다고요? · 먹는다고요?
- 명사 → -(이)라고요?: 병원이라고요? · 702호라고요? · 수요일이라고요?
- 지난 일 → -았/었다고요?: 넘어졌다고요? 못 들은 말은 뭐라고요? · 어디라고요? · 몇 호라고요?
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 3A, lesson 8; Sogang University Korean 4A, lesson 5; Yonsei University Korean 4-2, lesson 14.
Also in this lesson
- V-다(가) (사고) — while I was …, something happened — small accidents on the way
- 아무리 A/V-아/어도 — no matter how … · however … — the result stays the same
- A/V-아야/어야 할 텐데(요) — I do hope … — a hope said with a little worry