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Korean
- -라고 (-rago) — after vowels and ㄹ (l)
Etymology
-으라 (-eura) + -고 (-go).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | eurago |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | eulago |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ŭrago |
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| Yale Romanization? | ulako |
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Suffix
-으라고 • (-eurago)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see -으라 (-eura), -고 (-go): used for the indirect quotation of sentences in the imperative
- 너 먹으라고 그러더라. ― Neo meog-eura-go geureodeora. ― They were telling you to eat it.
- 빨리 가라고 그러던데? ― ppalli ga-ra-go geureodeonde? ― But they were telling you to go quickly!
- (colloquial) to, in order to, so that
너 먹으라고 사온 건데.- Neo meog-eura-go sa-on geonde.
- But it's something I bought for you to eat.
엄마가 핸드폰을 게임하라고 사줬니?- eomma-ga haendeupon-eul geimha-ra-go sajwonni?
- Did I buy you a cell phone so you could play games?