잖아 and 고 ending a phrase...
Can you help me, please, with this conversation?
A:뭐 해?
B:지금 바쁜데…
A: 뭐해?
B:바쁘다고…
A:어, 알아. 근데 뭐 하냐고 했잖아…

I have two questions. Question 1, 바쁘다고… is an incomplete phrase, isn’t it? Is B saying something like “I already told that I was/am busy!”? What’s the grammar structure here? Verb in infinitive+고? Can you provide some examples, please?
Question 2, how can I use this 잖아? More examples, please. Is this the contraction of 지 않아?
Thanks for your help.

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잖아 and 고 ending  a phrase... 
Can you help me, please, with this conversation? 
A:뭐 해? 
B:지금 바쁜데…
A: 뭐해?
B:바쁘다고…
A:어, 알아. 근데 뭐 하냐고 했잖아…

I have two questions. Question 1,  바쁘다고… is an incomplete phrase, isn’t it? Is B saying something like “I already told that I was/am busy!”? What’s the grammar structure here? Verb in infinitive+고? Can you provide some examples, please?
Question 2, how can I use this 잖아? More examples, please. Is this the contraction of 지 않아?
Thanks for your help.

Answer

1) B has already said he's busy, so he said "바쁘다고..." He could say "바쁘다고 했잖아", but this sounds a bit upset. Here 고 is an indirect quotation form.

A : 나 돈 좀 빌려줘.
B : 어?
A : 돈 있으면 나 좀 빌려달라고.
B : 나 돈 없어.
A : 뭐?
B : 나 돈 없다고 -.-

2) Yeah, -잖아 is short for 지 않아. It's used to inform someone of a fact they aren't aware of although they are meant to be. 

A : 나 배고파.
B : 아까 밥 먹었잖아.
A : 그래도 배고파. 
B : 그렇게 먹어놓고 배고파?
A : 내가 뭘 그렇게 먹었는데... 한 그릇 밖에 안 먹었잖아.
B : 밥 한 공기 더 시켜서 먹었잖아.

Hope it helps. ;)

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