Korean grammar patterns › Level 1
-(으)ㄹ게요
I will (promise, decision toward the listener)
Level 1 · TOPIK I · beginner
How to use it
The speaker's promise or decision, made with the listener in mind ('I'll do that, OK?'). The subject is always I or we.
Forming it
| 가다 | → 갈게요 |
| 먹다 | → 먹을게요 |
| 만들다 | → 만들게요 |
| 걷다 | → 걸을게요 |
Not with you/he/she subjects, not with adjectives, and not in questions: ✗ 갈게요? It is pronounced [-ㄹ께요] but spelled 게.
Examples
늦어서 죄송해요. 다음부터는 일찍 올게요.
Sorry I'm late. I'll come early from now on.
제가 이따가 다시 전화할게요.
I'll call you again later.
Compared with similar patterns
-(으)ㄹ 거예요 is a plain plan or guess not tied to the listener; -겠- shows a more formal, firm intention (하겠습니다).