Future tense

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  The most common way of making future tense sentences in Korean is adding ㄹ/을 거예요 

[l/eul geo-ye-yo].  

  Verb + ㄹ/을 거예요 = future tense

How to determine whether to use ㄹ 거예요 or 을 거예요

Verb stems ending with a vowel (보다, 가다, 자다) are followed by ㄹ 거예요. 

 Verb stems ending with a consonant (먹다, 찾다, 붙다) are followed by 을 거예요. (There is no complex reason for this. It's just for the ease of pronunciation.) 

 Exception: Verb stems already ending with ㄹ at the end (놀다, 멀다, 살다) are followed just by 거예요. 

  When a verb is changed into this form, it takes the meaning of "to be going to" to do somethingor "will" do something. the present tense can also serve to express the future, when the context is veryclear.For example, "I'm going to go tomorrow." is 내일 갈 거예요. in the future tense. But even if yousay 내일 가요. which is in the present tense, it still makes perfect sense, depending on the situation.

for example:

  가다 (ga-da) = to go  

  가 + ㄹ 거예요. (ga + l geo-ye-yo) = 갈 거예요. (gal geo-ye-yo) = I'm going to go or I will go.  

  지금 갈 거예요. = I'm going to go now.  

  혼자 갈 거예요. = I'm going to go alone.  

  내일 갈 거예요. = I'm going to go tomorrow.  

  하다 [ha-da] = to do  

  하 + ㄹ 거예요. (ha + l geo-ye-yo)  = 할 거에요. (hal geo-ye-yo)

  뭐 할 거예요? = What are you going to do? 

언제 할 거예요? = When are you going to do (it)? 

이거 정말 할 거예요? = Are you really going to do it?  

  입다 [ip-da] = to wear 

입 + 을 거예요. (ip + eul geo-ye-yo) = 입을 거예요. (i-beul geo-ye-yo) 

청바지 입을 거예요. = I'm going to wear blue jeans. 

티셔츠 입을 거예요. = I'm going to wear a t-shirt. 

뭐 입을 거예요? = What are you going to wear?  




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