Quote imperative sentence
It can also be used to quote an imperative statement. Can be an instruction or command.
For direct quote:
For indirect quote:
| Sentence type | Word type | Form |
|---|---|---|
| Declarative (Present) | Noun | (이)라고 |
| Declarative (Future) | Verb | (으)ㄹ 거라고 |
| Imperative | Verb | (으)라고 |
For indirect quote:
| Sentence type | Word type | Full form | Shortened form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declarative (Present) | Noun | (이)라고 해요 | (이)래요 |
| Declarative (Future) | Verb | -(으)ㄹ 거라고 해요 | -(으)ㄹ 거래요 |
| Imperative | Action verb | -(으)라고 해요 | -(으)래요 |
A direct quotation refers to the word-for-word quoting, using quotation marks, of what someone said or asked. In Korean, '라고 Verb' follows the quotation marks. When asking a question about what someone wrote or said, however, 뭐라고 is used instead of 무엇을: "카일리 씨가 뭐라고 말했어요?" (What did Kylie say?) 라고 is often followed by 이야기하다, 물어보다, 말하다, 생각하다 or 쓰다, but these verbs can be substituted with 하다 or 그러다.
1. 하고 했어요 is not used after a quotation when the part inside the quotation marks ends in 하다. It is also common practice to avoid using 하다 as the verb directly following 하고. These conventions exist because it sounds awkward when 하다 is repeated consecutively.
2. Although both 하고 and 라고 are used after a quotation in a sentence, they convey slightly different meanings. 하고 conveys a feeling of including not just the cited text but also the original intonation emotion, and feeling of the cited words. This is why 하고 is used when something must be conveyed vividly, such as in fairy tales, children's stories, and onomatopoeia. In the case of everyday conversations and speech, however, 라고 is used often.
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