Level 4 Lesson 2 / Do you want to …? / -(으)ㄹ래요? Toggle Panel
Level 4 Lesson 2 / Do you want to …? / -(으)ㄹ래요?
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안녕하세요! Welcome to another lesson brought to you by TalkToMeInKorean.com! This lesson is about the verb ending -(으)ㄹ래요. This is a very useful verb ending to know because you can ask your friends what they want to do, and also express what you want to do.
Listen in and find out how to use it in natural context and as always, if you have any questions, feel free to ask the teachers in the comment!
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This explanation and the distinction of the future tenses in the podcast is sooo good and helpful !! Thanks so much!
만약 손님한테 “주스 마실래요?” 이렇께 말해 도 돼요?
Well, although it won’t make a problem to say it, it will be better to say “주스 드실래요”, because it sounds more polite than “주스 마실래요”.
Thanks so much for your comment.
Ah, all these future forms so hard to get used to it seems. It’s like 5 future forms that I’m aware yet: 을거에요, 을게요, 을까요, 을래요, and 겠어요 that not learned yet.
So just to make everything in order, for myself at least… In case of statement:
을거에요 – state future idea
을게요 – state future idea, that may be based on conditions
을까요 – not used
을래요 – state your next activity or wish
고 싶어요 – state your wish in general
In case of question:
을거에요? – ask for future idea
을게요? – not used
을까요? – ask polite suggestion for future idea or curiosity in general
을래요? – ask for next activity or wish
고 싶어요? – ask for wish in general
Hope I got it right :)
But still ‘을래요?’, in the question form, seems like more rude form of ‘을까요?’ . I don’t know why would I say ‘을래요?’ instead, when I want to offer something.
‘을까요?’ or ‘어떼요?’ seems most reasonable.
커피 한 잔 어떼요? – How about cup of coffee?
커피 한 잔 드릴까요? – Would you like to have a cup of coffee?
커피 한 잔 [마실래요]/[하실래요]/[드릴래요]? – Want to drink/do/have a cup of coffee?
I mean the last one, I don’t know how does it feel in Korean, because of the honorifics, but if you translate it literally, “Want to have a cup of coffee?” sounds so casual. It’s probably not how you wanna start relationships :)
공작 안 만날래요 – I don’t want to meet the Prince.
복사 용지 구매할래요 – I am going to buy copy paper.
지독한 이야기를 안 지을래요 – I don’t want to create to vicious story.
회사 타락을 폭고할래요 – I am going to expose the company’s corruption.
공짜로 안 일해요 – I am not going to work for free.
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