Let's learn about "뭐라고 했어?"

뭐라고 했어? : What did you say?

* This sentence might rude whe you say in a loud, irritating way. Thus you had better do in a gentle and soft voice

[other expressions]

1) To someone who's the same age as me or younger

- 뭐라고 했니? = 무엇이라고 했니? (to younger people or friends)

- 뭐라고 했나? = 무엇이라고 했나? (to younger people or friends)

- 뭐라고 했냐? = 무엇이라고 했냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 뭐라고 했어? = 무엇이라고 했어? (to younger people or friends)

- 뭐라고 했나요? = 무엇이라고 했나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 뭐라고 했어요? = 무엇이라고 했어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 뭐라고 했습니까? = 무엇이라고 했습니까? (honourific by ‘-요’)

2) To someone older than me or someone in a higher position

- 뭐라고 하셨어요? = 무엇이라고 하셨어요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 뭐라고 하셨는지요? = 무엇이라고 하셨는지요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 뭐라고 하셨습니까? = 무엇이라고 하셨습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]

* 뭐 : a short form of 무엇(what)

* -라고 : a suffix expressing the meaning of asking back: this is used after a word ends in a vowel

* -이라고 : a suffix expressing the meaning of asking back: this is used after a word ends in a consonant

* 하다 : (1) do (2) say; tell in the sentence

* 했다 : past tense of 하다 by '-었-'

* 하셨다 : an honourific form of 했다 by '시-'

* 했습니까? : 했(the stem of 했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 하셨습니까? : 하셨(the stem of 하셨다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -는지? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -나? / -는지? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㅂ니까? / -습니까 : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ-‘ / '스'