No. 7,743 in Korean
하겠다고
"하겠다고" means "saying that (someone) will do."
In a sentence
그는 내일 운동을 하겠다고 말했어요.
He said he would exercise tomorrow.
Here, '하겠다고' communicates a statement of intention relayed in reported speech. It indicates someone else's intention to perform the action of exercising.
학생들이 시내로 가겠다고 결정을 내렸어요.
The students decided that they would go downtown.
In this sentence, '가겠다고' conveys a reported decision or declared intention regarding their action to go downtown.
그녀가 오늘 일을 끝내겠다고 약속했어요.
She promised that she would finish the work today.
'끝내겠다고' here expresses the reported promise or commitment to completing the work.
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