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A/V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 (추측) — will probably … · I think … — making a guess

Will probably … · I think … — making a guess. Korean grammar for upper beginner learners — Level 2A, lesson 5: 어디로 여행 갈까요? (Where shall we travel? — reasons and guesses).

What it means

You know -(으)ㄹ 거예요 from Level 1B as 'will' for your own plans: 저는 내일 부산에 갈 거예요. With the weather, with things and with other people, the same ending makes a guess: 'will probably …, I think …'. 내일은 추울 거예요 'It'll probably be cold tomorrow'; 마크 씨는 지금 회사에 있을 거예요 'Mark is probably at work now'. It is the usual answer to a guessing question with -(으)ㄹ까요?: 부산은 따뜻할까요? — 네, 따뜻할 거예요. For something that has probably already happened, put -았/었- in front: 기차가 벌써 도착했을 거예요. The form is the one you know: 을 거예요 after a 받침, ㄹ 거예요 after a vowel; ㄹ words keep one ㄹ (멀 거예요) and ㅂ words change ㅂ to 우 (추울 거예요). With -고 있다 it guesses what someone is doing right now: 회의하고 있을 거예요.

Forms

Key points

• A/V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 = will probably …, I think …: 받침 → 을 거예요 (맑을 거예요) · no 받침 or ㄹ → ㄹ 거예요 (비쌀 거예요 · 멀 거예요) · the past → -았/었을 거예요
• A plan or a guess? 저 + an action I decide = a plan (Level 1B: 저는 내일 부산에 갈 거예요) · the weather, things, other people = a guess (내일은 추울 거예요)

Examples

• 맑다 → 맑을 거예요. 많다 → 많을 거예요. 춥다 → 추울 거예요.
• 비싸다 → 비쌀 거예요. 오다 → 올 거예요. 멀다 → 멀 거예요.
• 도착하다 → 도착했을 거예요. 끝나다 → 끝났을 거예요.
• 부산은 따뜻할까요? — 네, 따뜻할 거예요.

Where university textbooks teach it

This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 2A, lesson 5; Yonsei University Korean 2-1, lesson 6; Sogang University Korean 2A, lesson 4; Hongik University Korean 2A, lesson 5; Hanyang University Korean 1-2, lesson 9.

Also in this lesson

• A/V-(으)니까 · N(이)니까 (1B 복습·확장) — because · so — a reason before a suggestion, a request or advice
• A/V-(으)ㄹ까요? (추측) — do you think …? — asking for someone's guess
• V-고 나서 — after …ing — first one thing, then the next

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