Future Tense in Korean
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Verb + ㄹ 게요 / 을 게요
ㄹ 게요 - if a word ends in a vowel or ㄹ, 을 게요 - if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ)
Korean grammar pattern -ㄹ 게요 / -을 게요 is used to express future plans or intentions.
Unlike the future tense suffix -겠, -ㄹ 게요 / -을 게요 is used only with the first-person subjects (I, We).
I will think about it.(ㅇ) He will think about it.(X)
-ㄹ 게요. / -을 게요. are used in informal polite speech styles.
-ㄹ 게. / -을 게. are used in casual speech style.
See examples,
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저는 내일 공원에 갈 게요.
Korean
저
내일
공원
가다
English
I
tomorrow
park
to go
I will go to the park tomorrow.
저는 내일 공원에 가+ㄹ 게요.
나는 다음 주에 조부모님을 방문할 게.
Korean
나
다음
주
조부모님
방문하다
English
I
next
week
grandparents
to visit
I will visit my grandparents next week.
나는 다음 주에 조부모님을 방문하+ㄹ 게.
저는 기타를 배울 게요.
Korean
저
기타
배우다
English
I
guitar
to learn
I will learn to play the guitar.
저는 기타를 배우+ㄹ 게요.
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 ).