Level 5 Lesson 19 / to tell someone to do something / Verb + -(으)라고… Toggle Panel
Level 5 Lesson 19 / to tell someone to do something / Verb + -(으)라고 + Verb
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안녕하세요. ^^ In this lesson, we are looking at how to use the structure “Verb + -(으)라고 + Verb”. Through our previous lessons, we have learned that -(으)라고, -ㄴ/은/는다고, etc are used for quoting what something is called or what someone said. And today, let us look at how -(으)라고 is used after a verb to make an quoted imperative statement. Don’t forget to leave us a comment!
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how it is exciting to be 1st :D i really like Korean language, and i hope to go there!
thank u so much indeed!
hi,
you say in text;
먹다 → 먹으라고 하다/말하다/쓰다/듣다/etc.
so all those things are have the same meaning ?
먹으라고 하다 = to tell (someone) to eat (something)
먹으라고 말하다 = to tell (someone) to eat (something)
먹으라고 쓰다 = to tell (someone) to eat (something)
먹으라고 듣다 = to tell (someone) to eat (something)
if not, how can we know which verb is take which one ? (하다 or 말하다 or 쓰다 or 듣다)
thanks
I dont think they mean all the same. For example if you say 먹으라고 듣다 it is like to hear (someone told) to eat something. It doesn’t make much sense here but you choose the last verb depending on the way the quoted information is comunicated for example by someone speaking (말하다) by writing (쓰다) or by you hearing it somewhere (듣다)
I hope it’s right what I said here…
i know means of verbs, but i cant understand which one we use. bec. there is no explanation on lesson for differences or sample sentences for this situation. if is there no difference (must be i think) ppl only use one of them for all verbs.
btw thanks for reply mate.
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Yes! We do know about it and we appreciate the fact that it has been made! Thank you!
안녕하세요 여러분!^^ 저는 말레이시아 사람인데 한국어를 2년 동안 배웠지만 이야기를 길게 아직 잘 못 해요. 저 질문이 있어요. When I listen to the podcast, why is it only half of it? If I want the full version, I have to buy it?
TTMIK 진짜 좋아요! 선생님들께..정말 감사합니다!^^
Hi Smurf,
안녕하세요! The podcast is supposed to be there in full length, not half. You don’t have to pay to listen to the lessons. My guess is that the download was not complete when you downloaded the lesson. ^^
ahhhh yes!my fault..죄송합니다 선생님>.<I didn't download it but just listen from the player up there..but this problem rises a few times now..sometimes it's fine, sometimes only a part of it can be downloaded. I guess the prob is with me..but anyhow, thanks for the reply 선생님^^and I managed to download full of it.정말 감사합니다^^ 열심히 공부하겠습니다!
안녕하세요!!
1. 괴물 때리고 말라고 했어요.
They told us to hit a monster ^^;;;;;
감사합니다
사미르
I think your example actually means “They told us NOT to hit the monster” since you said “때리고 마라고” which means DON”T hit. If you wanna say “They told us to hit the monster”, i guess you’d say “괴물 때리라고 했어요”
Ohhhhhh!! ^^;;;;
But I used the verb 말하다 (=to say). Not 마라고 ㅠㅠ;;; Is it still wrong? >-<;;;;
Oh..i made a mistake in my previous comment. anyway, your sentence is right it’s just that you mispelled something. it’s 괴물 때리라고 말했어요. you just forgot to add the 라 and it’s 말했어, not 말라고 했어요. when i said it means “they told me not to hit the monster”, it’s actually “괴물 때리지 말라고 했어요”.
감사합니다 선생님들 for a New Lesson!! :)
I listen to your Lessons Over & over again so I will Remember.
TTMIK is a Great website to Learn with!! :)
Take Care!!!
Greetings from Hawaii!!
나는 한국말 공부할 때 TTMIK 도와 많이 줘서 감사합니다. 친구가 TTMIK 보라고 했어요. Is that ok? Thanks again!
I’m actually quite confused now after listening to this lesson..what’s the difference between 보라고 했어요 and 본다고 했어요? Isn’t it that 라고 is for nouns and 다고 is for verbs. How come in this lesson, 라고 is followed by verbs?? Please clear my doubts.
Hello. I can answer your question. -라 can be added after a verb stem to indicate a command/ an imperative action. This is only used towards people of the same age or younger. You can’t add 요to this. It’s quite informal. Because you’re instructing someone to do something and so you wouldn’t really use it towards someone older as that would be quite rude. examples would be 가라! (Go!) 하라! (Do it!) 먹으라 (Eat!).
So..to answer your question, 보라고 했어요 means “I told him to watch ____” or “I was told to watch ____” . it’s quoting a command. 본다고 했어요 on the other hand means “He/She said he/she saw _____” or “I said I saw ____”. It’s just quoting a declarative statement, not a command. 라고 is for command and 는다고/ㄴ다고 is for declarative statements. both are for quoting. Hope i helped :D
thank you so much^^ it helped a lot!!!! i totally understand now
hehe, could i ask another question? ^^
just saw an episode on let’s speak korean and they explained this grammar point –나요..
what’s the difference between the normal question 집에 가요? and this one 집에 가나요?
thank you in advance!!
Good question but unfortunately, i won’t be able to answer it in much detail. I know though that it is a different verb ending and is usually used for questions. 집에 가요? and 집에 가나요? both mean “Are you going home?” but the -나요 somehow changes the tone of the question. That is all i know. I am still not sure exactly how it changes the tone and when it’s appropriate to use :D
Hello. i’m wondering how to indicate the indirect object here? Do i use 에게/한테? Example i want to say “I told Jane to go there”, do i say (i’ll mention the subject just to be clear) “제가 제인에게 저기 가라고 했어요”? Please answer because I’ve always been wondering about this. 감사합니다
Ohhhh…finally im going to learn korean languge….i really love korea and i hope to go there some day..thats really amazing..thanksss aloooot for making that!!!! really cool!!!
kamsamedah~~~^^
that woman ,who told you to love her ?/who said he loves her
그녀 누가 사랑하라고 했어요 ? / 누가 사랑한다고 했어요 ?
this thing ,who told you to eat that ?/ who said he would eat ?
이거 누가 먹으라고 했어요 ?/ 누가 먹는다고 했어요 ?
“너에게는 아무거나 말하지 말라고 했었어요” They told me not to tell you anything.. (I’m really not sure about this haha :p)
안녕하세요!
With the 문장, “효진 씨한테 주라고 했어요”, couldn’t that also mean, “I said to 효진, Give that.” ? If not, how would you say who you said it to?
Thank you!!
I noticed that in dramas they usually give up the 하다 part after 라고
for example :
“뭐라고 ? ” (what did you say ?)
“가라고 !” (I said go !)
“걱정하지 말라고” (I said don’t worry)
Is this right and can I use it ? (when using 반말 of course)
수고하셨습니다 , 감사합니다 ^^
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