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-(으)ㄹ래(요): Expressing Intention or Making a Suggestion/Question
2024-12-09
2025-02-26
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Example Sentences#

  1. 같이 갈래?1
    Want to go together?

    • 가다 means ‘to go’.
    • -ㄹ래 is an informal ending used to express the speaker’s firm intention to undertake a future action, or to ask about the listener’s willingness, often framed as a suggestion or invitation, and frequently implying joint participation.
  2. 더 멀리 가볼래, 한 번 더2
    I want to go farther, one more time

    • 가다 means ‘to go’.
    • -아 보다 is a grammatical construction where 보다 (to see) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that one attempts or tests the action described in the preceding statement.
    • -ㄹ래 is an informal ending used to express the speaker’s firm intention to undertake a future action, or to ask about the listener’s willingness, often framed as a suggestion or invitation.
  3. 끝없는 하늘 아래 걸어볼래2
    I want to walk under the endless sky

    • 걷다 means ‘to walk’.
    • -어 보다 is a grammatical construction where 보다 (to see) is used as an auxiliary verb to indicate that one attempts or tests the action described in the preceding statement.
    • -ㄹ래 is an informal ending used to express the speaker’s firm intention to undertake a future action, or to ask about the listener’s willingness, often framed as a suggestion or invitation.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from A Fun Weekend Ahead.

  2. Sentence from Like A Paper Boat Song. 2

-(으)ㄹ래(요): Expressing Intention or Making a Suggestion/Question
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/grammar/-으ㄹ래요-expressing-intention-or-making-a-suggestion-question/
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2024-12-09