-라고

Tell/order to do

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-(으)라고 is a grammar pattern for reporting commands. For example, '엄마가 빨리 오라고 했어요' means 'Mom told me to come quickly'.

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-(으)라고 is a key pattern for indirect speech, specifically for quoting commands, requests, or orders. It's the equivalent of saying "(someone) told (someone else) to do..." in English.

Conjugation Rules:
1. Verb stem ends in a vowel or ㄹ: Attach -라고.

  • 가다 (to go) → 가라고
  • 만들다 (to make) → 만들라고 (ㄹ is not dropped)

2. Verb stem ends in a consonant (except ㄹ): Attach -으라고.

  • 먹다 (to eat) → 먹으라고
  • 앉다 (to sit) → 앉으라고

This quoted command is typically followed by a reporting verb like:

  • 하다 / 말하다: to say / to tell
  • 부탁하다: to request
  • 시키다: to order / make someone do
  • 전하다: to relay a message

Common Shortened Form:
In everyday conversation, -(으)라고 해요 is often shortened to -(으)래요.
• 선생님이 오라고 해요. → 선생님이 오래요. (The teacher says to come.)
• 밥 먹으라고 해요. → 밥 먹으래요. (They say to eat.)

This pattern is part of a set of quotation endings. Compare it with:

  • -다고: for statements ('said that...')
  • -냐고: for questions ('asked if...')
  • -자고: for suggestions ('suggested let's...')

ဥပမာများ (5)

  1. 선생님께서 조용히 하라고 하셨어요.

    The teacher told us to be quiet.

    စကားလုံးတစ်လုံးချင်း: Teacher (honorific) quietly do-command-quote said (honorific).

  2. 엄마가 저녁 먹으라고 불렀어요.

    Mom called me to eat dinner.

    စကားလုံးတစ်လုံးချင်း: Mom dinner eat-command-quote called.

    먹다 ends in a consonant, so -으라고 is used.

  3. 부장님이 이 서류를 빨리 만들라고 시키셨어요.

    The department head ordered me to make this document quickly.

    စကားလုံးတစ်လုံးချင်း: Department head this document quickly make-command-quote ordered (honorific).

    For verb stems ending in ㄹ like 만들다, -라고 is attached directly without dropping the ㄹ.

  4. 친구가 숙제를 도와달라고 부탁했어요.

    My friend asked me to help with the homework.

    စကားလုံးတစ်လုံးချင်း: Friend homework help-give-command-quote requested.

    When asking someone to do something for the speaker, the verb 주다 is used, which becomes 달라고 in this quoted form. This is a very common and important variation.

  5. 의사 선생님이 약을 잘 챙겨 먹으래요.

    The doctor says to take my medicine well.

    စကားလုံးတစ်လုံးချင်း: Doctor teacher medicine well take care eat-command-quote-해요.

    먹으래요 is the shortened form of 먹으라고 해요.

အဖြစ်များသော အမှားများ

  • Using the declarative quotation form -다고 instead of the imperative form -(으)라고 for commands.

    선생님이 숙제를 하다고 했어요.
    선생님이 숙제를 하라고 했어요.

    -다고 is for reporting statements ('said that...'), while -(으)라고 is for reporting commands ('told to...'). Since 'do your homework' is a command, you must use -(으)라고.

  • Forgetting to add -으- for verb stems ending in a consonant.

    엄마가 밥을 먹라고 했어요.
    엄마가 밥을 먹으라고 했어요.

    When a verb stem ends in a consonant (like 먹-), you must add -으- before -라고, making it -으라고.

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