The last of the three tenses. V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 marks a plan, or something that will happen soon.
It is pronounced [쉴 꺼예요] — the 거 tenses to ㄲ after the ㄹ. This is consistent across every verb, so 갈 거예요 is [갈 꺼예요] and 먹을 거예요 is [머글 꺼예요]. The spelling never shows it.
The rule
The same consonant/vowel split as everything else in 1B:
| -을 거예요 | -ㄹ 거예요 |
|---|---|
| Stem ends in a consonant | Stem ends in a vowel, or in ㄹ |
| 먹다 → 먹을 거예요 | 가다 → 갈 거예요 |
| 읽다 → 읽을 거예요 | 사다 → 살 거예요 |
| 찍다 → 찍을 거예요 | 쉬다 → 쉴 거예요 |
| 듣다 → 들을 거예요 | 살다 → 살 거예요 · 놀다 → 놀 거예요 |
Two familiar irregulars in the last row:
- 듣다 → 들을 거예요 — the ㄷ-irregular again, as in 127.
- 살다 → 살 거예요 — the stem already ends in ㄹ, so nothing is added. Note that this makes 살다 (to live) and 사다 (to buy) both come out as 살 거예요, and only context separates them.
The whole system
Three tenses, one stem, three endings — which is all lesson 131’s review session comes down to.
| 과거 — past | 현재 — present | 미래 — future | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marks | Something completed | A fact, a habit, or right now | A plan, or the near future |
| Ending | -았어요/었어요/했어요 | -아요/어요/해요 | -ㄹ/을 거예요 |
| 가다 | 갔어요 | 가요 | 갈 거예요 |
| 먹다 | 먹었어요 | 먹어요 | 먹을 거예요 |
| 하다 | 했어요 | 해요 | 할 거예요 |
The present tense covers more ground than English’s does — it takes the progressive (“I’m eating”) and often the near future too. So 가요 can mean “I go”, “I’m going” and “I’m going later”; 갈 거예요 is what you use when the planned quality is the point.
Vocabulary: 주말 활동, weekend activities
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 여행(을) 하다 / 가다 | to travel / to go on a trip |
| 구경(을) 하다 | to look around |
| 사진(을) 찍다 | to take photos |
| 집에서 쉬다 | to rest at home |
| 낮잠(을) 자다 | to have a nap |
| 운동(을) 하다 | to exercise |
| 축구 / 야구 / 농구 / 배구를 하다 | football / baseball / basketball / volleyball |
| 놀다 | to play, to hang out |
| 놀러 가다 | to go out for fun |
| 음악(을) 듣다 | to listen to music |
| 쇼핑하다 | to shop |
| 친구(를) 만나다 | to meet a friend |
| 게임하다 | to game |
| 영화(를) 보다 | to watch a film |
놀러 가다 is 놀다 + 가다 — “to go in order to play”. The -러 ending means “in order to”, and it is worth recognising even though 1B does not teach it properly: 밥 먹으러 가요 is “I’m going to eat”.
놀다 does not translate as “to play” in the childish sense. Adults 놀다 — it covers going out, hanging around, and generally not working, and 놀러 오세요 (“come round”) is a normal invitation.
Dialogue
마크: 민수 씨, 주말에 뭐 할 거예요? Minsu, what are you doing at the weekend?
민수: 축구(를) 할 거예요. 마크 씨는 뭐 할 거예요? I’m going to play football. What about you, Mark?
마크: 저는 약속이 없어요. 그래서 집에서 쉴 거예요. I don’t have any plans. So I’m going to rest at home.
민수: 그러면 (우리) 같이 축구(를) 해요. Then let’s play football together.
The last two lines are 129 in use — 그래서 joining a reason to its result, then 그러면 taking Mark’s answer as the premise for a suggestion. And the suggestion itself is 해요, the 128 “let’s” rather than a statement.
주말에 takes the particle; 오늘 and 내일 would not (125).
Practice
뭐 — what
Q: 주말에 뭐 할 거예요? A: 집에서 쉴 거예요. — I’ll rest at home. A: 영화관에서 영화(를) 볼 거예요. — I’ll see a film at the cinema.
어디 — where
Q: 주말에 어디에 갈 거예요? A: 헬스장에 갈 거예요. — I’ll go to the gym. A: 센토사에 갈 거예요. — I’ll go to Sentosa. A: 말레이시아에 갈 거예요. — I’ll go to Malaysia.
어디에 갈 거예요 with 에, because 가다 is a direction verb; 어디에서 뭐 할 거예요 with 에서, because that one is about an action’s location (122).
That is the end of the new material. Lessons 131 and 132 are the review session and the test — see the course overview for what the assessment covers.