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

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 For this reason, the form of the expression depends on the form in which the first speaker originally made the statement.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 요 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: 뭐라고요?

B: What did you say?

가: 회사를 그만두었다고요.

A: I said I quit my job.

가: 수업 끝나고 샤이닝에서 만나요. 나: 어디에서 만나자고요? 가: ‘샤이닝’이요. 학교 앞에 있는 커피숍이에요.

A: Let’s meet at Shining after class. B: Where did you say to meet? A: Shining. It’s a coffee shop in front of school.

가: 어, 밖에 비가 오네요. 나: 비가 온다고요? 스키 타러 가려고 했는데 못 가겠네요.

A: Hey, it's raining outside. B: Did you say it's raining? I was planning to go skiing, but I guess I can't now.