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V-(으)ㄹ게요 — promises and offers — 'I will …', said to the person in front of you
Promises and offers — 'I will …', said to the person in front of you. Korean grammar for beginner learners — Level 1B, lesson 3: 공부하러 도서관에 가요 (Going to the library to study — plans and purposes).
What it means
-(으)ㄹ게요 is 'I will …', said as a promise or an offer to the person you are talking to: 제가 할게요, 'I'll do it'. After a consonant, add 을게요: 찾을게요, 먹을게요. After a vowel, add ㄹ게요: 갈게요, 할게요. A stem that ends in ㄹ just adds 게요: 놀게요. It is written 게 but pronounced 께: 갈게요 [갈께요]. The person who acts is always 'I' or 'we', so do not use it for other people or in questions. -(으)ㄹ 거예요 tells a plan, yours or anyone's; -(으)ㄹ게요 decides something now, often as an answer to what the other person has just said: 같이 가요! — 네, 갈게요.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -을게요 | 받침 O | 찾다 + 을게요 → 찾을게요 |
| -ㄹ게요 | 받침 X · ㄹ 받침 | 가다 + ㄹ게요 → 갈게요 |
Key points
- V-(으)ㄹ게요 — 을게요 after a consonant, ㄹ게요 after a vowel or ㄹ: 찾을게요 · 갈게요 · 놀게요
- Only for 'I' or 'we', as a promise to the listener — not for other people, and not in questions: 제가 할게요
Examples
- 찾다 → 찾을게요. 먹다 → 먹을게요.
- 하다 → 할게요. 오다 → 올게요. 놀다 → 놀게요.
- 제가 할게요. 이따가 전화할게요.
- 숙제를 꼭 하세요! — 네, 꼭 할게요.
- 민수 씨는 내일 도서관에 갈 거예요. — 그럼 저도 갈게요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 1B, lesson 16; Yonsei University Korean 2-1, lesson 9; Ewha Womans University Korean 1-2, lesson 13; Hongik University Korean 2A, lesson 2; Hanyang University Korean 1-2, lesson 8; Sogang University Korean 2A, lesson 1.
Also in this lesson
- V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 — plans — 'I'm going to …', now with every verb
- V-(으)러 가다/오다 — going somewhere to do something — the reason for going
- V-(으)려고 (하다) — intentions and plans — 'in order to …' and 'I'm planning to …'