-아/어 달라고 하다

How to use it

Indirect quotation of a request '-아/어 주세요'. When the person asking is the one who benefits, use 달라고; when the benefit goes to a third person, use 주라고.

Forming it

✗ 동생이 저한테 숙제를 도와 주라고 했어요 (when the brother wants help for himself) → 도와 달라고 했어요.

Examples

• 친구가 숙제를 좀 도와 달라고 했어요.

  My friend asked me to help with their homework.

• 아이가 장난감을 사 달라고 계속 졸라요.

  The child keeps begging me to buy him a toy.

Compared with similar patterns

-(으)라고 하다 quotes a plain command; -아/어 달라고 하다 quotes a request for a favor. -아/어 주다 is the base 'do for someone'.

Related patterns

• -(으)라고 하다 indirect speech: (someone) tells (someone) to do
• -아/어 주다/드리다 do something for someone