You can say what is happening and what happened. This week you learn to reach past that — what you will do, what you can do, what you are allowed to do, what you have to do.
Six endings. They look like six things to memorise. They are not: they are two rules you already know, arriving at six places.
| Rule you already have | Endings built on it |
|---|---|
| Final consonant or not | -(으)ㄹ 거예요 · -(으)ㄹ 수 있어요 · -(으)면 · -(으)세요 · -(으)ㄹ까요 |
| Bright vowel or not | -아도 돼요 / -어도 돼요 · -아야 돼요 / -어야 돼요 |
1 · What you are going to do
Cut the 다. If what is left ends in a vowel, add ㄹ 거예요. If it ends in a consonant, add 을 거예요.
| Dictionary | Ends in | Going to |
|---|---|---|
| 가다 | vowel | 갈 거예요 |
| 보다 | vowel | 볼 거예요 |
| 하다 | vowel | 할 거예요 |
| 먹다 | consonant | 먹을 거예요 |
| 읽다 | consonant | 읽을 거예요 |
| 앉다 | consonant | 앉을 거예요 |
2 · The stems that already end in ㄹ
A few common verbs already have ㄹ as their final consonant: 살다, 만들다, 열다, 알다. You cannot add another ㄹ, so the old one simply does the job.
| Dictionary | Going to | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 살다 | 살 거예요 | will live |
| 만들다 | 만들 거예요 | will make |
| 열다 | 열 거예요 | will open |
| 알다 | 알 거예요 | will know, will find out |
3 · It also guesses
The same ending covers what you think is true. 비가 올 거예요 is "it is going to rain" — a guess, not a plan, because rain does not make plans. Korean does not split these two the way English does with will and going to; the subject tells you which one it is.
Making a plan
Day 1 words
Say "I am going to eat" from 먹다.
Say "I am going to rest" from 쉬다.
Say "I am going to make it" from 만들다.
Before the quiz
- I can decide 을 or ㄹ by looking at the last block.
- I know why the 으 appears at all.
- I know what happens to a stem that already ends in ㄹ.
- I know the ending is written plain and said tense.