-ㄴ/는다고 하다

How to use it

Reports what someone said or wrote, in your own words. Verbs: -ㄴ다고 after a vowel, -는다고 after a consonant; adjectives and 있다/없다: -다고; nouns: (이)라고; past: -았/었다고; future: -(으)ㄹ 거라고.

Forming it

Adjectives and 있다/없다 take -다고: ✗ 바쁜다고, ✗ 있는다고. The original 'I' becomes 자기 or the person's name.

Examples

• 친구가 다음 달에 결혼한다고 했어요.

  My friend said they're getting married next month.

• 뉴스에서 내일 비가 많이 온다고 했어요.

  The news said it will rain a lot tomorrow.

Compared with similar patterns

N(이)라고 하다 and "…"라고 하다 give names or exact words; -냐고 하다 reports questions; -ㄴ/는대요 is the spoken contraction (간대요).

Related patterns

• N(이)라고 하다 be called N; say "…" (direct quotation)
• -냐고 하다 indirect speech: (someone) asks whether / what …
• -ㄴ/는대요 they say that … (contracted indirect speech)