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A/V-고(요)? — … and …? — adding one more question · N은/는요?
… and …? — adding one more question · N은/는요?. Korean grammar for upper intermediate learners — Level 4A, lesson 4: 그 소식 들었다면서요? (Did you hear the news? — checking what you heard, and what might have been).
What it means
-고요? adds one more question to what has just been said, on the same topic: 짐은 다 쌌어요? 따뜻한 옷도 챙겼고요? 'Have you packed? And have you got warm clothes, too?'. It is the -고요 of Lesson 1B-10 — 옷이 많아요. 값도 싸고요 — said with a rising voice. Like -고 (Lesson 1A-7), it never changes with 받침: 춥고요?, 건강하시고요?; the past goes in front (표는 예매했고요?), and a noun takes (이)고요? (생방송이고요?). It often comes with 도 (선물도 샀고요?), and it is a warm way to show you care about the details — parents and older colleagues use it a lot before a trip. N은/는요? is even shorter: it asks the same question about someone or something else — 저는 대전에 가요. 리사 씨는요? — or, after 그래서, asks for the rest of the story: 면접을 봤어요? 그래서 결과는요? Among friends, drop 요: 짐은 쌌고? · 너는?
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| A/V-고요? · N은/는요? | 받침과 상관없이 + 고요? (지난 일 -았/었고요?) · 명사 — 받침 O 은요? / 받침 X 는요? | 건강하시다 + 고요? → 건강하시고요? |
Key points
- -고요? = and …? — the -고요 of Lesson 1B-10 (값도 싸고요) turned into a question: after one question or answer, add one more about the same topic. 받침 makes no difference: 건강하시고요? · 쌌고요? · 생방송이고요?
- N은/는요? asks the same question about another person or thing (리사 씨는요?), and 그래서 + N은/는요? asks for the rest of the story (그래서 결과는요?). Among friends drop 요: 쌌고? · 너는?
Examples
- 하나를 물어본 다음에 같은 이야기를 하나 더 물을 때 써요: 짐은 다 쌌어요? 따뜻한 옷도 챙겼고요?
- 1B 10과 -고요.(값도 싸고요.)를 질문으로 바꾼 거예요. 받침이 있어도 없어도 -고요?: 춥고요? · 건강하시고요?
- 지난 일은 -았/었고요?: 표는 예매했고요? 명사는 (이)고요?: 생방송이고요?
- 다른 사람이나 다른 것을 물을 때는 N은/는요?: 리사 씨는요? · 그래서 결과는요?
- 친구한테는 요를 빼요: 짐은 쌌고? · 너는?
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Yonsei University Korean 1-2, lesson 20.
Also in this lesson
- A/V-다면서(요)? — I hear that … — is that right? · checking news you heard
- A/V-았더라면/었더라면 — if (only) … had … — picturing a different past
- V-거든 — when … (then do this) — a condition for a request, a suggestion or a promise