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future tense 1 ㄹ

# Posted: 1 Jan 2007 14:17 KST - Edited by: _joseph_
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future tense
1. the rule is VST + ㄹ/를 + 것
것 just stands for any generic thing, so it can be replaced by any noun, as in the second example below where it is replaced by 예정 (schedule)

할 것이다

something that will be done
오픈할 예정이다

it is scheduled to be opened/ it will be opened as per the schedule

The following is available from http://parksguide.blogspot.com/2008/08/verbs-will.html by the creative commons license.

	will do	won‘t do
Written Form	할 거다	하지 않을 거다 안 할 거다
Spoken Form	할 거야	하지 않을 거야 안 할 거야

● Rules: Will

1. Take 다 off a verb without a final consonant and add ㄹ 거다.

Eg.

하다 → 할 거다 (will do)
가다 → 갈 거다 (will go)
자다 → 잘 거다 (will sleep)

2. Take 다off a verb with a final consonant and add 을 거다.

Eg.

먹다 → 먹을 거다 (will eat)
입다 → 입을 거다 (will wear)
앉다 → 앉을 거다 (will sit)

● Rules: Won‘t

Take 다 off a verb and add 지 않을 거다.

Eg.

하다 → 하지 않을 거다 (won‘t do)
가다 → 가지 않을 거다 (won‘t go)
자다 → 자지 않을 거다 (won‘t sleep)

먹다 → 먹지 않을 거다 (won‘t eat)
입다 → 입지 않을 거다 (won‘t wear)
앉다 → 앉지 않을 거다 (won‘t sit)

Sentences

집에 갈 거야? = Will you go home?
존은 박물관에 들어갈 거야 = John will enter the museum
나는 방에서 기타를 칠 거야 = I will play the guitar in my room
사라는 수영을 할 거야 = Sarah will swim
다윗은 골리앗을 이길 거야 = David will beat Goliath

집 = home
존 = John
들어가다 = enter
기타 = guitar
치다 = play (the instrument)
사라 = Sarah
수영 = swim
다윗 = David
골리앗 = Goliath

Question Form: You only have to change your intonation. The tone of the voice should go up at the last letter.

올림픽 볼 거야? (Will you watch Olympics?)
축구 할 거야? (Will you do(play) soccer?)
씻을 거야? (Will you wash?/Will you take a shower?/Will you take a bath?)
벌써 잘 거야? (Will you sleep already?)

학교 가지 않을 거야? (Won‘t you go to school?)
점심 먹지 않을 거야? (Won‘t you have lunch?)
이 책 읽지 않을 거야? (Won‘t you read this book?)

Formal Form

While the spoken form above is used between close friends or when older people are talking to younger people in informal situations. The formal form is used commonly between adults, by people in formal situations or when younger people are speaking to older people.

I. Informal (Spoken) → Formal (Spoken)

● Rule: 야 → 에요
Eg.