-대요/래요

Meaning

1. 1

   (informal addressee-raising) An expression used to indirectly tell something the speaker heard from another person.

   (두루높임으로) 다른 사람이 말한 내용을 간접적으로 전할 때 쓰는 표현.

2. 2

   (informal addressee-raising) An expression used to ask about something the listener knows from having heard it.

   (두루높임으로) 듣는 사람이 이전에 들어서 알고 있는 사실을 물어볼 때 쓰는 표현.

3. 3

   (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used when the speaker talks about something that he/she knows.

   (두루높임으로) 말하는 사람이 알고 있는 것을 일러바침을 나타내는 종결 어미.

Example sentences

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• 지수한테 내일 집에 오랬더니 시간이 없대요.

  I told Jisu to come over tomorrow, and she says she doesn't have time.

• 민준이가 교통사고로 입원을 했대요.

  I heard Minjun was hospitalized after a car accident.

• 친구들이 새로 나온 영화가 무척 재밌대요.

  My friends say the new movie is really fun.

• 승규가 몸살이 났다던데 전화 좀 해 봐.

  I heard Seunggyu is sick, so give him a call.

  아까 전화가 왔는데 지금은 괜찮대요.

  He called earlier and says he's okay now.

• 옆 상가의 보수 공사는 다 끝났대요?

  Did they say the repair work on the shopping complex next door is all finished?

• 민준이가 오늘 해야 하는 공부는 다 했대요?

  Did Minjun say he finished all the studying he had to do today?