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Level 3 Lesson 4 / shall we…? + I wonder… / -(으)ㄹ까요?

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안녕하세요! Welcome back to another lesson at TalkToMeInKorean.com! We are having a look at something a little unique to the Korean language, which means that if you understand and know how to use this sentence ending, you can expand your Korean skills by a lot!!!

In Korean, when you want to say “Shall we do + something?” and when you want to say “I wonder if …”, you use the same sentence ending, which is -(으)ㄹ까요?

Listen in to find out how to use this ending, -(으)ㄹ까요?, in natural context, and as usual, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask us in the comment or e-mail us!

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  1. Salemina says: September 10, 2011

    여러분, 대한민국 같이 갈까요?

  2. kim says: October 7, 2011

    안영 하세요 선상님들
    여기 제예문 이에요 , 봐주세요

    i wonder if Super Junior got GDA this year
    Super Junior is very good ,do you think ?
    shall we go to SS4 ?
    heechul ssi is a good person do u think ?
    i wander if eunhyuk ssi is handsome

    금년 GDA 는 슈퍼수니어를 재정할까요 ?
    슈퍼수니어가 너무홓을까요 ?
    ㅆ4는 우리 볼까요 ?
    희철씨는 착할까요 ?
    은혁씨는 이쁠까요 ?

    절장님을 정정해 주세요
    감사합니다

    —————

    oh and when i wanna say this is my example , should i say
    여기 제 예문 이에요 or 이거 제예문 이에요 ? or both works ?

    • Hannah Pinky Gilbert says: January 12, 2012

      it sounds like both of those would work, at least to me. But i don’t know because i’m still learning. I guess the first one would be something like” here’s my example” and the second one would be “this is my example”. thought, just to be more clear, you should say 있다 instead of 이다 because that way you’re saying “here my example exists” which is the correct way to say it.

    • Kekaru says: February 9, 2012

      I have been learning korean for a year and I’m still not a pro but I guess your sentences are wrong because -ㄹ 까요 is usually/always used for action like shall we do this, eat this etc, and can be used as questioning but I guess u used it wrong >< I hope the teacher would help you with your sentences^^

    • jinseokjin says: February 15, 2012

      안녕하세요.

      Is GDA a kind of prize? I will regard it as a prize.

      금년 GDA 는 슈퍼수니어를 재정할까요 ?
      > 금년 (or 올해) 슈터주니어는 GDA를 받을까요?

      슈퍼수니어가 너무홓을까요 ?
      > 슈퍼주니어가 너무 좋아요. 그렇죠?

      ㅆ4는 우리 볼까요 ?
      > SS4 같이 볼까요?

      heechul ssi is a good person do u think ?
      > 희철 씨는 착한 사람같죠?

      i wander if eunhyuk ssi is handsome
      > 은혁 씨는 잘 생겼는지 궁금해요.

  3. sonia says: October 8, 2011

    안영하세요 선상님!
    I made practice sentences for myself. please let me know your feedback! ^__^

    1. 냬일 눈이 울까요?
    I wonder if it will snow tomorrow/Do you think it will snow tomorrow?

    2. 이 챽 팔까요?
    I wonder if I can sell this book/Do you think I can sell this book?

    3. 어제 우리 남동생이 숙재했을까요?
    I wonder if our younger brother did his homework yesterday/Do you think our younger brother did his homework yesterday?

    4. 내일 우리 할까요.
    I wonder what we’ll do tomorrow.

    5. 홍대에 갈까요? 압구정에 갈까요?
    Shall we go to Hongdae? Shall we go to Apgujeong?

    감사합니다 :)

    • jinseokjin says: October 11, 2011

      1. 냬일 눈이 울까요? > 내일 눈이 올까요?

      4. 내일 우리 할까요. > 내일 우리 뭐 할까요?

      한국어 잘 하시네요. :) 잘 했어요.

    • sonia says: October 21, 2011

      석진선생님 감사합니다! ^-^

  4. Muhammad Enstein Widodo says: November 2, 2011

    오늘 내 친구가 숙제 알까요

    그런가요, 선생님?

  5. Mae Bolor says: November 2, 2011

    1.내일 쇼핑센터에서 갈까요?– Shall we go to Shopping center tomorrow?
    2. 저 가방은 좋알까요?-I wonder if that bag is good.

    Those are my examples :DD 내 예문이 어때요?

    • jinseokjin says: November 5, 2011

      내일 쇼핑센터에서 갈까요? > 내일 쇼핑센터에 갈까요?

      저 가방은 좋알까요? > 저 가방은 좋을까요?

      Although there were several small mistakes, you did good job!

  6. Dima says: November 11, 2011

    Helloo! :)

    - 내일 점심 같이 먹을 까요?
    - 데이트 있을 까요.

    I can’t think of any examples now xD
    Thanks for the lesson~!

  7. Francis says: November 28, 2011

    우리 공부할까요? Shall we study?

    커피마실까요? Shall we drink coffee?

  8. Ruaa Elias says: December 6, 2011

    은행에 가고싶어요 , 아직 비가 올까요 ?
    I want to go to the bank , i wonder if it still raining ?
    Right ? :-\

    • jinseokjin says: December 7, 2011

      아직 비가 올까요 ? > 아직 비가 오나요? or 아직 비가 내려요?

  9. Eunice Loy says: December 7, 2011

    Here’s my sample sentences..

    내일 일찍 일어날까요?
    I wonder whether I will wake up early tomorrow?

    대학교에 우리는 갈까요? 그리고 다음 주 시험이 있을까요?
    Will we be going to university tomorrow? And will there be any exams next week?

    맞을까요?
    Are the above sentences correct?

    감사합니다(:

  10. Rose says: December 24, 2011

    Hmmmm..what if I wanna add “can”

    EX:
    I wonder if I can go to korea someday/u think I can go to korea some day
    Is it,”언젠가 한국에 갈 수 있을까요? “or I just made the weirdest sentence ever T.T

    *In that sentence”can” may not be necessary,but what if I needed to add it will it be wrong?

    Please answer ^^

    • Gen says: December 29, 2011

      I think you did it right. ^^

    • jinseokjin says: January 3, 2012

      Hey Rose,

      The Korean sentence you wrote is perfect!! There is nothing to correct!

    • Rose says: January 7, 2012

      ok thank you both ^-^

  11. :) says: December 31, 2011

    오늘은 비가 안 오면 같이 노래방에 가고 노래 불 까요?
    If it doesn’t rain today, shall we got to a 노래방 and sing songs together?
    Correct?

    • jinseokjin says: January 10, 2012

      오늘은 비가 안 오면 같이 노래방에 가고 노래 불 까요?
      > 오늘 비가 안 오면, 같이 노래방에 가서 노래 부를까요?

  12. rina kim says: December 31, 2011

    안녕하세요!! ^^
    내일 눈이 올까요?
    (I wonder if it will snow tomorrow../do you think it will snow tomorrow?)
    우리는 시크릿가든 볼까요? 꽃미남라면가게 볼까요?
    (Should we watch secret garden? or should we watch flower boy ramyun shop?)
    다음 주는 우리 같이 놀까요?
    (Are we going to hang out together next week?)

    Are these correct? 맞아요?

    감사합니다~~! ^^

    • jinseokjin says: January 10, 2012

      You did a good job!
      우리는 시크릿가든 볼까요?
      > 우리 시크릿가든 볼까요? Your sentence is still good but we sometimes omit the topic marking particle for the ease of pronounciation.

  13. Andreas says: January 3, 2012

    안녕하세요 :)

    어제 다 먹었을까요?
    (Did they eat it all yesterday?)

    지금 우리 한국어 공부할까요?
    (Shall we study some korean now?)

    감사함니다!

  14. Brenda says: January 7, 2012

    TTMIK 감사합니다!!!

    this is my sentence :)

    이 식당에서 누군가 영어를 말할 수 있을까요?.

    맞아요? 

    • jinseokjin says: January 11, 2012

      이 식당에서 누군가 영어를 말할 수 있을까요?

      You sentence is still good but I think this sentence will be more natural.

      이 식당에서 누군가가 영어를 말할 수 있겠죠?

      There will be someone who can speak English in this restaurant, right?

  15. Taliana says: January 7, 2012

    안녕하세요 :)
    im taliana,, im really happy when i see my name in this lesson :)

    TTMIK 감사합니다!!!

  16. 아름다운 그녀 says: January 17, 2012

    만약 그 사람은 여자친구가 있을까면 때무네 그의 여자친구 이고 싶으니.
    I wonder if he has a girl friend because i want to be his girlfriend.

    • jinseokjin says: January 17, 2012

      만약 그 사람은 여자친구가 있을까면 때무네 그의 여자친구 이고 싶으니.
      > 그 사람한테 여자친구가 있는지 궁금해요, 왜냐하면 저는 그 사람의 여자친구가 되고 싶거든요.

  17. Nancy Byj says: February 10, 2012

    이겨울이 너무 춥네요 언제 끝을 까요?

    • jinseokjin says: February 15, 2012

      언제 끝을 까요?
      > 언제 끝날까요?

  18. Rehab says: February 10, 2012

    이 과목 끝난 후에, 친구 한테 “우리 코멘트를 남길까요?” 물었어요 ^^ !

  19. Bea says: February 20, 2012

    같이 자까요? ㅋㅋ 난 너무 졸려요.
    하지만 공부해야 뒤요.

    맞아요? I don’t think I did a really good job on that….

    선생님 감사합니다!!

    • jinseokjin says: February 21, 2012

      같이 자까요? > 같이 잘까요?

      난 너무 졸려요. > 전 너무 졸려요.

      하지만 공부해야 뒤요. > 하지만 공부해야 돼요.

      Thanks for your comment. :)

  20. Janine Kruger says: March 7, 2012

    오늘 뭐 할까요?
    누구가 음식를 다 먹었을까요? 제 남동생이 이었을까요……..

    • jinseokjin says: March 15, 2012

      제 남동생이 이었을까요……..
      > 제 남동생이었을까요?

      If you want to add a subject marking particle, you can say “제 남동생이 먹었을까요?”.

      Thanks for your comment.

  21. Kim GaHye says: March 11, 2012

    I have make two sentences using some Korean that have been taught before this lesson. Please comment & correct my mistake. ^^

    1. 만약 TTMIK으로 한국어 공부하는 것을 수 있으면 좋을까요?
    (I wonder if i can study Korean well through TTMIK.)

    2. TTMIK으로 한국어 배올 수 있어서 너무 기뻐요! =)
    (I’m glad can learn Korean through TTMIK)

    우리 선생님 감사합니다! ^^

    • jinseokjin says: March 22, 2012

      1. 만약 TTMIK으로 한국어 공부하는 것을 수 있으면 좋을까요?
      > 저는 TTMIK으로 한국어 공부를 잘 할 수 있을지 궁금해요.

      2. TTMIK으로 한국어 배올 수 있어서 너무 기뻐요! =)
      배올 > 배울

      You did a good job and I guess it will help you a lot if you keep trying your Korean sentences at HaruKroean.com. :)

  22. Bean Tumbapo says: March 26, 2012

    hi,
    I am a little bit confused about the ㄹ까요 and ㄹ거예요. it is both sounds like future tense. what is the different between these word. plz help me..

    • Gregos says: March 29, 2012

      The difference is that
      ㄹ거예요 is statement or a question sometimes.
      ㄹ까요 is a very polite suggestion or expression of curiously. Also always in a question form.

      먹을 거예요 – I will eat
      먹을까요? – would you like to eat?

  23. Gregos says: March 29, 2012

    언제 제가 한국어를 잘 할 수 있을까요?
    I wonder when I can speak Korean well.

    Does it work in that sense? :o

    • Hangoogeo says: April 7, 2012

      I would say “언제 제 한국어가 잘 할까요?” But I’m not sure if it’s right either. hehe.

    • Hangoogeo says: April 8, 2012

      제 한국어를*

  24. Hangoogeo says: April 7, 2012

    우리 텔레비전을 보기 후에 샤워를 할까요? ^^

  25. fruity says: May 11, 2012

    Help please! How do I say “I wonder if it’s still here” ?

    :(( thank you in advanced

  26. Sally Lp says: May 13, 2012

    안녕하세요!Here my sentences:\

    1.이거 맛이 이상할 까요?
    2.오늘 저녁식사는 뭐 요리할 까요?
    3.애미리가 미국에서 왔을 까요? -I wonder Emily came from US?
    thank you :)

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