✍️Intermediate Day 14: Expressing Intentions – ~(으)려고 해요
📘 Intermediate Day 14: Expressing Intentions – ~(으)려고 해요
Welcome to Day 14 of the Intermediate Korean series! 🎯 Today’s lesson focuses on how to express your intention or plan in Korean using the essential grammar pattern:
- ~(으)려고 해요 – “I intend to…” / “I’m planning to…”
This is a very common and natural way to talk about what you’re going to do soon or what you’re trying to do. Whether it’s about studying, eating, calling a friend, or learning Korean – this expression helps you sound more fluent and thoughtful!
📘 Grammar Breakdown – ~(으)려고 해요
The structure ~(으)려고 해요 is used when you want to talk about what you plan or intend to do. It comes from:
- Verb stem + (으)려고 하다 → to intend to / try to
Conjugation Rule:
- If the verb stem ends in a consonant → ~으려고 해요
- If the verb stem ends in a vowel → ~려고 해요
✔️ 하다 verbs become 하려고 해요
📌 Vocabulary + Sentence Table
| Verb | Meaning | Form | Romanization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 가다 | to go | 가려고 해요 | ga-ryeo-go hae-yo |
| 먹다 | to eat | 먹으려고 해요 | meok-eu-ryeo-go hae-yo |
| 공부하다 | to study | 공부하려고 해요 | gong-bu-ha-ryeo-go hae-yo |
| 자다 | to sleep | 자려고 해요 | ja-ryeo-go hae-yo |
| 사다 | to buy | 사려고 해요 | sa-ryeo-go hae-yo |
📘 Example Sentences
- 오늘 도서관에 가려고 해요.
o-neul do-seo-gwan-e ga-ryeo-go hae-yo
👉 I plan to go to the library today. - 점심으로 김밥을 먹으려고 해요.
jeom-sim-eu-ro gim-bap-eul meok-eu-ryeo-go hae-yo
👉 I’m going to eat gimbap for lunch. - 이번 주말에 친구를 만나려고 해요.
i-beon ju-mal-e chin-gu-reul man-na-ryeo-go hae-yo
👉 I intend to meet my friend this weekend. - 한국어를 더 열심히 공부하려고 해요.
han-guk-eo-reul deo yeol-si-mi gong-bu-ha-ryeo-go hae-yo
👉 I’m planning to study Korean harder.
💬 Real-Life Dialogue
👧 수지: 오늘 뭐 할 거예요?
👦 준호: 영화관에 가려고 해요. 새 영화가 나왔대요.
👧 수지: 저도 친구랑 같이 보려고 해요!
📘 Practice Sentences
- 저는 내년에 한국에 유학하려고 해요.
- 운동을 시작하려고 해요.
- 오늘은 집에서 쉬려고 해요.
- 그 책을 읽으려고 해요.
🧪 Mini Quiz – What Are You Planning?
- Translate: “I’m going to sleep early tonight.”
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오늘 밤에 일찍 자려고 해요.
- Translate: “I plan to study Korean every day.”
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매일 한국어를 공부하려고 해요.
- Choose the correct form of ‘to buy’:
a) 사으려고 해요
b) 사려고 해요
c) 살으려고 해요Click to Show Answer
✅ b) 사려고 해요
✅ Conclusion
👏 Excellent! Now you know how to talk about your intentions and upcoming actions in Korean using:
- ✔️ ~(으)려고 해요 = I intend to / I’m going to
- ✔️ Use with daily activities like eating, going, studying
- ✔️ Practice by telling people your plans in Korean!
📘 Coming Up Next
Tomorrow: Intermediate Day 15: Expressing "Before and After" – ~기 전에 / ~(으)ㄴ 후에 Let’s talk about sequencing actions and events in Korean!
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