✅ Beginner 11: Future Tense in Korean – I Will Study, I Will Go

📘 Beginner 11: Future Tense in Korean – I Will Study, I Will Go

Welcome to Day 11! 📅 Today, we’ll learn how to talk about your plans and intentions using the future tense in Korean.

Whether you want to say “I will go,” “I will eat,” or “I will study Korean,” this lesson will help you express it clearly with ~(으)ㄹ 거예요 – one of the most common and polite future tense endings.

📌 How to Make Future Tense Sentences

To express future actions, use the form:

  • Verb stem + ㄹ 거예요 (when the stem ends in a vowel)
  • Verb stem + 을 거예요 (when the stem ends in a consonant)
  • Special case: 하다 → 할 거예요

It means “will do” or “going to” and expresses intention, prediction, or plan.


📘 Examples of Future Tense

Base Verb Future Tense Romanization Meaning
가다갈 거예요gal geo-ye-yoI will go
먹다먹을 거예요meok-eul geo-ye-yoI will eat
자다잘 거예요jal geo-ye-yoI will sleep
보다볼 거예요bol geo-ye-yoI will see/watch
하다할 거예요hal geo-ye-yoI will do
공부하다공부할 거예요gong-bu-hal geo-ye-yoI will study
마시다마실 거예요ma-sil geo-ye-yoI will drink

📘 Building Sentences with Future Tense

  • 저는 한국어를 공부할 거예요. – I will study Korean.
  • 저는 점심을 먹을 거예요. – I will eat lunch.
  • 친구를 만날 거예요. – I will meet a friend.
  • 내일 일찍 잘 거예요. – I will sleep early tomorrow.

📌 Time Expressions for Future

  • 내일 (nae-il) – tomorrow
  • 모레 (mo-re) – the day after tomorrow
  • 이번 주 (i-beon ju) – this week
  • 다음 주 (da-eum ju) – next week
  • 곧 (got) – soon

Examples:

  • 내일 학교에 갈 거예요. – I will go to school tomorrow.
  • 다음 주에 여행할 거예요. – I will travel next week.

💬 Real-Life Mini Dialogue

👧 수지: 주말에 뭐 할 거예요? – What will you do this weekend?
🧑 준호: 영화 볼 거예요. 그리고 친구를 만날 거예요. – I will watch a movie and meet a friend.


🧪 Mini Quiz – Can You Predict the Future?

  1. How do you say “I will go” in Korean?
    a) 가요
    b) 갔어요
    c) 갈 거예요
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    ✅ c) 갈 거예요

  2. What is “I will study Korean” in Korean?
    a) 한국어를 공부했어요
    b) 한국어를 공부해요
    c) 한국어를 공부할 거예요
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    ✅ c) 한국어를 공부할 거예요

  3. Which future time expression means “the day after tomorrow”?
    a) 내일
    b) 다음 주
    c) 모레
    Click to Show Answer

    ✅ c) 모레


✅ Conclusion

🚀 Now you can talk about the future in Korean with confidence!

  • ✔️ Use ~(으)ㄹ 거예요 to talk about future plans and predictions
  • ✔️ Practice with common verbs and time expressions
  • ✔️ Try writing 3 things you’ll do tomorrow in Korean


📘 Coming Up Next

Tomorrow: Day 12: Making Negative Sentences in Korean – I Don’t Eat, I Didn’t Go
You’ll learn how to say what you don’t do, didn’t do, or won’t do!

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