Really? No way! : 기는(요)

A/V + 기는(요) is used to emphatically disagree with a previous statement:

-- 이 책을 다 읽었어요?

-- Have you finished reading the book?

-- 끝나기는요? 책을 읽는 것을 시작하지 않았어요! -- Finished? I haven't started reading it!

-- 지금 너무 춥죠? -- It's really cold now, right? -- 춥기는요. 다음 달에 기온이 더 낮아질 거예요 -- Cold?! Next month the temperature will get lower.

A/V + 기는(요) can also show modesty in accepting a compliment :

-- 한국말을 잘하시네요.

-- You speak Korean really well.

-- 잘하기는요. 아직도 실수를 많이 해요. -- Well? I still make lots of mistakes.

-- 옷을 잘 입어요. -- You dress very well. -- 잘 입기는요. -- Dress well? Oh not at all... (blushing)

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