-다고요?

Did you say...?, Pardon?, You said...?, Asking for clarification

Explanation

This expression is used when asking for clarification or reconfirmation of what another person has just said. The speaker repeats what the other person just finished saying as a way of asking for clarification about something that was not understood clearly or that was hard to believe. For this reason, the form of the expression depends on the form in which the first speaker originally made the statement. Then, because the speaker is asking the other person for clarification, the particle is added to the end of the indirect citation form.

Details

For adjectives in the present tense, both -냐고요? and -으냐고요? are acceptable, while for verbs in the present tense, both -냐고요? and -느냐고요? are acceptable.


1. The citation form for propositive sentences should be used when responding to a suggestion ending in -(으)ㄹ까요?

가: 우리 오늘 인사동에 갈까요?
A: Shall we go to Insadong today?
나: 인사동에 가자고요?
B: Did you say we should go to Insadong?

2. This expression can also be used by a speaker to restate or emphasize what he or she has previously said.

가: 회사를 그만두었어요.
A: I quit my job.
나:라고요?
B: What did you say?
가: 회사를 그만두었다고요.
A: I said I quit my job.