-다고요? / -(으)냐고요? – Echo Questions & Re-emphasis ('You said...? / I said...!')
Meaning: Did you say that...?; I told you that...!
Conjugation & Pattern
- Statement: V + -ㄴ/는다고요? | A + -다고요? | N + (이)라고요? | Past: -았/었다고요?
- Question: V/A + -(으)냐고요? | N + (이)냐고요?
- Suggestion: V + -자고요? | Command: V + -(으)라고요?
Detailed Usage
(1) With rising intonation ('-다고요?'): Used as an echo question to confirm what the listener just said, either because you didn't hear clearly or out of surprise/disbelief. (2) With falling intonation ('-다고요.'): Used to repeat and emphasize what the speaker already said ('I told you that...!').
Example Sentences
- 1
네? 뭐라고요? 민수 씨가 갑자기 회사를 그만두었다고요?
Ne? mworagoyo? minsu ssiga gapjagi hoesareul geumandueotdagoyo?
Pardon? What did you say? Did you say Minsu suddenly quit the company?
- 2
이 보고서를 오늘까지 다 완성하라고요? 어제는 수요일까지 하라고 하셨잖아요.
I bogoseoreul oneulkkaji da wanseongharagoyo? eojeneun suyoilkkaji harago hasyeotjanayo.
You're telling me to finish this report by today? Yesterday you said to do it by Wednesday!
- 3
아까 말했잖아요. 저도 점심으로 비빔밥을 먹는다고요.
Akka malhaetjanayo. jeodo jeomsimeuro bibimbabeul meongneundagoyo.
I told you earlier! I said I'm also having bibimbap for lunch.
Important Notes
When echoing a suggestion made with '-(으)ㄹ까요?', use '-자고요?' (e.g., '오늘 인사동에 갈까요?' -> '인사동에 가자고요?').
