Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 3 - Korean for Beginners #2 (Lessons 61 to 90) ᚛ Lesson 61 - The future tense of commitment in Korean [-(으)ㄹ게(요)]

The future tense of commitment in Korean [-(으)ㄹ게(요)]

In this course: ㄹ 게 / 을 게 / ㄹ 게요 / 을 게요

In a previous chapter, we studied how to conjugate Korean verbs in the future tense in the typical form. However, in Korean, there's another form that obligates you to do something. It is in some ways a promise that you make to someone, in the sense of "I'm going to do it!" with conviction and obligation.

Pour conjuguer les verbes coréens au futur d’engagement, il suffit de suivre la forme suivante :

• In the casual style: [Stem + modifier -(으)ㄹ]게
• In the polite style: [Stem + modifier -(으)ㄹ]게요

For review: the modifier -(으)ㄹ

This form doesn't exist in the formal style. In its place, the normal future tense is used.

Note that -(으)ㄹ게(요), which is an exception to normal pronunciation rules, is pronounced [(으)ㄹ께(요)].

Also, note that this form is not used except for in the first person. You personally obligate yourself to act. You cannot use this form for someone else.

집에 빨리 올게요.
→ I will come home quickly.

생각 좀 할게.
→ I will think about it a little.

주말에 전화할게요.
→ I will call you this weekend.

앞으로 널 지킬게.
→ From now on, I’m going to protect you.

언니랑 싸우지 않을게요.
→ I won't argue with my older sister.

과제는 내일까지 끝낼게요.
→ I will finish this task by tomorrow.

Summary table of structure

Exercises

Learn Your First 1000 Korean Words with This Complete Vocabulary Pack

This printable digital book teaches you how to write in Korean and introduces over 1000 essential Korean words, organized into 40 practical categories.
Each word comes with native Korean audio, so you can learn the correct pronunciation from day one!

You’ll also get access to a powerful online vocabulary tool based on the Leitner spaced repetition method to help you memorize words more efficiently.

Learn more

Comments (0)