How to use Korean Grammar V/A + (으)ㄹ 것이다

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Verb, Adjective + / 을 것이다

ㄹ - if a word ends in a vowel or ㄹ, 을 - if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ)

-ㄹ / -을 것이다 can also be used to make assumptions about the present, future, and even the past. -ㄹ / -을 것이다 can be used with both, verbs and adjectives to make assumptions. Check out the previous lesson to see how the endings may vary depending on the speech style.

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5시니까 아빠가 지금쯤 도착했을 거예요.

Korean

5시

아빠

지금쯤

도착하다

English

five o'clock

dad

by now

to arrive

It's 5 o'clock, so dad should have arrived by now.

5시니까 아빠 지금 도착하++을 것+이에요.

마이클 씨도 모를 거예요.

Korean

마이클

모르다

English

Michael

not to know

Michael wouldn't know either.

마이클 + 모르+ㄹ 것+이에요.

제 아들이 이 신발을 좋아할 거예요.

Korean

아들

신발

좋아하다

English

I

son

this

shoes

to like

My son will like these shoes.

저+ 아들 이 신발 좋아하+ㄹ 것+이에요.

언니가 오늘은 일을 많이 해서 많이 피곤할 거예요.

Korean

언니

오늘

많이

하다

피곤하다

English

sister

today

work

a lot

to do

tired

My sister worked a lot today, so she must be very tired.

언니 오늘 많이 하+여서 많이 피곤하+ㄹ 것+이에요.

이 영화가 재미있을 것입니다.

Korean

영화

재미있다

English

this

movie

interesting

This movie will be interesting.

이 영화 재미있을 것+입니다.

Quick reference (click to open)

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j

Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)

Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')

Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.

IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.

Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky

Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her

Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel

Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive

Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently

Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till

Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while

Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.

Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?

Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!

Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!

Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).