Weekly Korean Episode 46 – Intentional future and past

17 Oct

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A quick flashback from last week’s episode:

  1. I am going to eat: 먹일 거에요
  2. I am going to drink: 막실 거에요
  3. I am going: 갈 거에요

Then this week we add two new forms:

Intentional future:
One thing you hear a lot for future tense is 겠. (as you hear in the podcast, sounds a lot like English “get”.) This form is more of the meaning “I intend to, I’m positive it will happen, etc.”

Take the verb base. (everything before 다 in the dictionary) and replace with 겠 어요. (note that it always is 어요, never 아요) in this case.

  1. I’m sure we will eat: 먹겠 어요
  2. I’m sure we will drink: 마시겠 어요
  3. I’m sure we will go: 아겠 어요

Past Probable
The past probable, you will use when you apply a past tense to a verb. An example could be ‘must have’ or ‘probably have’.

  1. Must have eaten: 먹었일 거에요
  2. Must have drank: 마셨을 거에요
  3. Must have went: 갔을 거에요

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2 Responses to “Weekly Korean Episode 46 – Intentional future and past”

  1. christa kwon 22. Nov, 2011 at 8:32 am #

    You guys and thekimchigirls are sooooo helpful!

  2. Eunyoung Chang 22. Jun, 2012 at 4:30 am #

    먹을거에요, 마실거에요. 등등 철자 수정을 좀 해야 할 것 같습니다. 맞춤법 틀린 것도 꽤 있는 것 같아요. I am so sorry if you mind, but some oh them feel awakeard for me. :) I am a native Korean, I am looking for good Korean stuffs for my language partner.

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