-대요/래요 reports what someone else said - "I heard that," "they say that."
Statements - V-ㄴ/는대요, A-대요 (they say...)
Questions being reported - 뭐냬요 (they asked what...)
Commands being reported - 가래요 (they said to go)
Casual form of indirect quotation (-다고 해요 → -대요).
Formation varies by sentence type
- Statement: -ㄴ/는대요 (verb), -대요 (adj)
- Question: -냬요
- Command: -래요
- Suggestion: -재요
Contracted from -다고 해요
- 간다고 해요 → 간대요
- 가라고 해요 → 가래요
They say it will rain tomorrow.
They said to come quickly.
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