Month: September 2019

You can use it when you want to use direct speech or indirect/reported speech.

• 이라고 goes for words ending in a consonant while 라고 goes for words ending in a vowel.
• In indirect speech, (이)라고 is usually used with words related to speaking (말하다, 이야기하다, 대답하다), but also with 하다 (in this case it means “to say/tell/talk”).

Examples:

1.Direct speech

• 이거라고! / This is it!
• 자동차라고. / It’s a car.

2.Indirect/reported speech

• 이 사람이 학생이라고 말해요. / (He/She/They) say(s) this person is a student.
• 이 사람이 ‘학생’이라고 말했어요. / This person said ‘student’.

Vocabulary:

• 말하다 = to speak
• 이야기하다 = to have a conversation
• 대답하다 = to answer
• 하다 = to do
• 이거 = this, this thing
• 자동차 = car
• 사람 = person
• 학생 = student

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