Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 6 - Upper-Intermediate Korean #1 (Lessons 151 to 180) ᚛ Lesson 173 - Supposition, intention and cause in Korean [-(으)ㄹ 테니까]
Supposition, intention and cause in Korean [-(으)ㄹ 테니까]
In the previous lesson, we studied the -(으)ㄹ 텐데 structure, built on the form 테다, which can be used to express supposition or intention.
By combining 테다 with the cause structure -(으)니까, we obtain the form 테니까.
테니까 allows us to make a supposition or state an intention as a cause in the first part of the sentence, and then to give an order or a consequence in the second part of the sentence, just like the -(으)니까 structure. It is used in the following manner:
[Action 1: ... Modifier -(으)ㄹ] 테니까 [Action 2]
Supposition with -(으)ㄹ 테니까
Compared to the simple -(으)니까 structure, the -(으)ㄹ 테니까 structure can add the idea that we strongly suppose that the cause is taking place in the present or future (present stem), or took place in the past (past stem).
지금 나가지 않으면 버스를 놓칠 테니까 빨리 서둘러 나가세요.
→ If you don’t leave now, you will surely miss the bus, so hurry up and get going.
오늘 저녁에 민수를 만날 테니까 오랜만에 제 안부도 꼭 전해 주세요.
→ Since you will surely see Minsoo this evening, please be sure to say hello to him from me, it’s been a long time.
너는 거짓말을 잘 못해서 들킬 테니까 그냥 아무 말 하지 말고 가만히 있어.
→ You’re not good at lying, so you will surely get caught, so just don’t say anything and stay still.
오전 강의는 이미 시작했을 테니까 오후 강의에 들어가자.
→ The morning lecture must have already started, so let’s go to the afternoon lecture.
Intention with -(으)ㄹ 테니까
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Differences between -(으)ㄹ 텐데 and -(으)ㄹ 테니까
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