Korean grammar · Level 5
V/A-고말고(요) · N(이)고말고(요)
Of course! — warm, emphatic agreement
Taught in Level 5, Unit 11: Nunchi and jeong
at a party everyone asks for permission and reassurance — can I film this? is this jeong? — and the warm answer is more than 네. '-고말고요' means 'of course, how could it not be', and Grandma Soonja hands out 반말 -고말고 all evening.
Example
A: 내일도 와 주실 거죠? B: 그럼요, 오고말고요.
A: You'll come tomorrow too, won't you? B: Of course I will.
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Practise it in context · Level 5, Unit 11
Nunchi and jeong
The rule with a table, Sori’s tips, practice that checks itself, a review room and a one-page cheat sheet.
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