- ㄴ/는다고(요) (-n/neundagoyo) is a sentence ending, which reiterates a person's statement (it is derived from reported speech). It can be used to emphasize, reassert, or when used in the form of a question, to confirm a previous statement.
When used as a statement, this construction typically reiterates what the speaker has said (first-person perspective). In this instance it can be translated as "I said..." When used as a question, this construction typically reiterates what the listener has said (second-person perspective). In this instance, this can be translated as "you said..."
-ㄴ/는다고(요) (-n/neundagoyo) can be made polite by adding the politeness particle -요(-yo) at the end.
Formation
Verb Stem + -ㄴ는다고(요) - Action Verbs
Verb Stem + -다고(요) - Descriptive Verbs
-ㄴ다고(요) (ndagoyo) is used for action verb stems ending in vowels.
말하다 (malhada) - to speak
말하 + -ㄴ 다고
말한다고(요) [malhandago(yo)] - ...said... telling
너 지금 엄마한테 말한다고? (neo jigeum ummahante malhandago.)
You are telling mom now (you said)?
-는다고 (neundago) is used for action verb stems ending in consonants.
-입다 (ipda) - to wear
입 (ip) - verb stem
입 + 는다고
입는다고 (ipneundago) - said... wearing
내가 입는다고! (nae-ga imneundago!)
I said I'm wearing it!
-다고 (dago) is used for descriptive verb stems ending in both consonants and vowels.
무섭다 (museopda) - to be scary
무섭 (museop) - verb stem
무섭 + 다고
무섭다고 (museopdago) - said... scary
저 사람이 무섭다고? (jeo saram-i museopdago?)
You said that person's scary?
Example Sentences
1. 지금 일본이라고? (jigeum ilbonirago?)
You are in Japan now (you said)?
2. 어제 저를 봤다고요? (eoje jeo-reul bowatdagoyo?)
You saw me yesterday (you said)?
3. 뭐라고? (mworago?)
What (did you say)?
Notes
(1)There is often a pronunciation change with this construction. 다고 (dago) is often pronounced as 다구 (dagu) is conversational Korean.
(2)This construction is derived from reported speech. The original phrase is -(ㄴ/는)다고 말하다. The full reported speech phrase must be used when reiterating a statement made by a person outside of the conversation (third person).
Related Expressions
-(ㄴ/는)다고 말하다
-(으)라고 말하다
When you talk to someone about something that you heard from someone else, you say, "I heard (that)..." as in "I heard that it was nice," or "I heard you were working here." In Korean, we use the suffix -다고 (dago) or -ㄴ다고 (ndago) instead of the word "that."
Formation
-(ㄴ)다고 들었다 ((n)dago deureotda) is a grammatical structure that you use for talking about what you heard before. The main verb is 듣다 (deutda), which means "to listen" or "to hear." -(ㄴ)다고 ((n)dago) is a verb ending that works like quotation marks. We usually use the verb 듣다 (deutda) in the past tense to mean "I heard," and together, -(ㄴ)다고 들었다 ((n)dago deureotda) means "I heard that..."
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