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The pattern'
-(으)ㄹ까요?' Shall we(I) ~ ?/Will it be ~ ? |
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The pattern '-(으)ㄹ까요?' is used to express
inquiring about someone's opinion, view or appraisal on a certain matter
or fact with the action verb.
In this case, the subject of the sentence is always the first person,
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우리 거기에서 만날까요? |
Shall we meet there? |
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무엇을 할까요? |
What shall I do? |
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늦었으니까 비행기로 갈까요? |
Because we are late, shall
we go by airplane? |
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When used with the adjectives, or with '있다(to exist)' or
'이다(to be)', the subject of the sentence is the third person, and it express
doubt or polite denial. |
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한국어가 가 재미있을까요? |
Will Korean be interesting?
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이게 더 나을까요? |
Will this one be better? |
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도서관이 저기에 있을까요? |
Will the library be over there?
(Do you think the library is over there?) |
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The Propositive
'-(으)ㅂ시다' : let's --(propositive) |
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This form is used to expressing the subject's
suggestion with the action verbs and the verb of existence '있다'. It cannot
be used with '이다' nor with adjectives. |
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빨리 갑시다. |
Let's go quickly. |
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한국어를 공부합시다. |
Let's study Korean. |
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여기에 있읍시다. |
Let's stay here. |
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기차로 갑시다. |
Let's go by train. |
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이번 주말에 만납시다. |
Let's meet this weekend. |
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'- 읍시다.' is used after verb stems ending in a consonant. |
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'- ㅂ시다.' is used after verb stems ending in a vowel. |
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In plain speech style(반말), with children and sometimes with
close friends you can use the form '-자' instead of '-아/어/여'.
Drop the '-요' of the informal polite speech style ending '-아/어/여요'. Here
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빨리 가자. |
Let's go quickly. |
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한국어를 공부하자. |
Let's study Korean. |
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여기에 있자. |
Let's stay here. |
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기차로 가자. |
Let's go by train. |
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이번 주말에 만나자. |
Let's meet this weekend. |
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The Connective '-(으)러' : in order
to |
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The connective '-(으)러' is used to express the purpose of the subject's
action and is followed by either '가다'(to go), '오다'(to come) or their
compounds, or any verb which indicates movement, such as '다니다'(to go
and come regularly).
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As you see the above examples, '-러' is used after verb stems
ending in a vowel or the consonant 'ㄹ'. On the other hand, '-으러' is used
after verb stems ending in all consonants except 'ㄹ'.
Tense and negation are expressed with the verbs 가다 or 오다, but not in the
verb connected to '-(으)러'. |
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안나씨는 책을 사러 갔어요 |
Anna went to buy a book. |
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안나씨는 밥을 먹으러 가지 않았어요. |
Anna didn't go to eat. |
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The pattern '-(으)ㄹ게요' : I will do
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This form is used for expressing the speaker's intention
or plan or promise. It is used with action verbs as well as with the verb
있다, but not with adjectives. |
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