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V-(으)ㄹ래요 — do you want to …? · I'll have … — choices and invitations
Do you want to …? · I'll have … — choices and invitations. Korean grammar for upper beginner learners — Level 2B, lesson 10: 떡볶이 만들어 봤어요? (Have you made tteokbokki? — cooking and casual speech).
What it means
-(으)ㄹ래요 talks about what someone wants to do — a choice made there and then. In a statement it is the speaker's own wish: 저는 떡볶이 먹을래요 'I'll have tteokbokki'. In a question it asks the listener: 뭐 먹을래요? 'What would you like to eat?', and it works as a friendly invitation: 같이 만들래요? 'Do you want to make it together?' After a 받침 add 을래요 (먹을래요, 씻을래요); after a vowel or ㄹ add ㄹ래요 (갈래요, 마실래요, 만들래요 — ㄹ verbs just add 래요). ㄷ and ㅂ verbs change before 으: 듣다 → 들을래요, 굽다 → 구울래요. In 반말 drop 요: 뭐 먹을래? — 나는 라면 먹을래. To someone older, put -(으)시- in: 드실래요? 가실래요? Three limits: statements are only about 'I' and questions only about 'you'; adjectives can't take it; and there is no past form. Compare -(으)ㄹ까요? (Level 1A), a suggestion to do something together, and -(으)ㄹ게요 (Level 1B), a promise to the listener: 제가 할게요. A bare 안 먹을래요 can sound blunt, so add a reason: 지금 배가 안 고파서 안 먹을래요.
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -을래요 | 받침 O | 먹다 + 을래요 → 먹을래요 |
| -ㄹ래요 | 받침 X · ㄹ | 가다 + ㄹ래요 → 갈래요 |
Key points
- V-(으)ㄹ래요 = I'll … (my choice) · …? = do you want to …?: 받침 → 을래요 (먹을래요) · no 받침 or ㄹ → ㄹ래요 (갈래요 · 만들래요) · 반말: 먹을래?
- Only 'I' in statements and 'you' in questions · verbs only · no -았/었- · to older people: 드실래요? · 가실래요?
Examples
- 먹다 → 먹을래요. 씻다 → 씻을래요. 듣다 → 들을래요.
- 가다 → 갈래요. 마시다 → 마실래요. 만들다 → 만들래요.
- 뭐 먹을래요? — 저는 떡볶이 먹을래요.
- 반말: 뭐 먹을래? — 나는 라면 먹을래.
- 할아버지, 같이 드실래요? · 저는 지금 배가 안 고파서 안 먹을래요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 2B, lesson 10; Yonsei University Korean 2-1, lesson 10; Sogang University Korean 3B, lesson 2; Ewha Womans University Korean 2-1, lesson 4; Hongik University Korean 2B, lesson 10; Hanyang University Korean 3-1, lesson 1.
Also in this lesson
- 반말 ① -아/어 · -았/었어 · N이야/야 — casual speech ① — talking and asking between close friends
- 반말 ② -자 · -아/어라 · -니? — casual speech ② — let's …, do …! and the soft question -니?
- N 중에서 — among … — picking one out of a group