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인용 · 되묻기 정리 —-다니요? · -다고요? · -다니까요 · -잖아요 — reacting to what people say review — surprise, checking, insisting and reminding

Reacting to what people say review — surprise, checking, insisting and reminding. Korean grammar for intermediate learners — Level 3B, lesson 12: 3급 정리 · TOPIK II 맛보기 (Level 3 round-up — a taste of TOPIK II).

What it means

These four endings react to words — someone else's or your own. -다니(요)? (3B-8) is surprise at what you have just heard, often with a rising voice: 리사 씨가 4급을 받았다니요? 'Lisa got Level 4? Really?', and with a noun 벌써 수료식이라니요! 'the closing ceremony already?'. -다고(요)? (3A-8) checks what you heard — you didn't catch it, or you want to be sure: 시험이 수요일이라고요? -다니까(요) (3B-9) repeats what you said because the listener doesn't believe it or wasn't listening: 정말이라니까요 'I'm telling you, it's true' — it can sound impatient, so soften it with a smile. All three are built on the reported-speech forms from 3A: adjectives -다 (쉽다니요), verbs -ㄴ/는다 (간다니요, 먹는다니까요), nouns (이)라 (수요일이라고요). -잖아(요) (3B-1) reminds the listener of something they know too: 다음 주가 크리스마스잖아요 'it's Christmas next week, you know' — to someone older it can sound as if they forgot, so use it with care. All four take -았/었- for the past: 받았다니요? · 말했잖아요.

Forms

PatternWhenExample
-다니(요)?surprise — 형용사 -다니요 · 동사 -ㄴ/는다니요 · 명사 (이)라니요 · 지난 일 -았/었다니요가다 → 간다니요?
-다고(요)?checking — did you say …? (같은 모양 + 고요?)가다 → 간다고요?
-다니까(요)I'm telling you … (같은 모양 + 니까요 · 지난 일 -았/었다니까요)가다 → 간다니까요
-잖아(요)you know … — 받침 무관 · 명사 (이)잖아요 · 지난 일 -았/었잖아요가다 → 가잖아요

Key points

Examples

Where university textbooks teach it

This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 3B, lesson 17; Seoul National University Korean 3B, lesson 18; Seoul National University Korean 3B, lesson 10; Yonsei University Korean 3-1, lesson 5; Yonsei University Korean 3-2, lesson 14; Yonsei University Korean 4-2, lesson 11; Yonsei University Korean 4-2, lesson 14; Sogang University Korean 4A, lesson 5; Sogang University Korean 4A, lesson 7; Ewha Womans University Korean 2-2, lesson 11; Ewha Womans University Korean 3-2, lesson 8; Hongik University Korean 3B, lesson 7; Hongik University Korean 4A, lesson 6; Hanyang University Korean 3-1, lesson 6; Hanyang University Korean 5-1, lesson 4.

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