Korean grammar patterns › Level 6
-(으)리라
will surely …; I shall … (literary)
Level 6 · TOPIK II · advanced
How to use it
A literary future: the speaker's firm will (first person) or a confident prediction (third person). In modern Korean it is common before 생각하다, 믿다, 다짐하다, 예상하다, often as -(으)리라고.
Forming it
| 하다 | → 하리라 |
| 오다 | → 오리라 |
| 믿다 | → 믿으리라 |
| 사실 | → 사실이리라 |
Examples
다시는 같은 실수를 하지 않으리라 다짐했다.
I resolved never to make the same mistake again.
그가 반드시 돌아오리라고 굳게 믿습니다.
I firmly believe that he will surely come back.
Compared with similar patterns
-(으)ㄹ 거예요 and -겠- are the everyday future/conjecture; -노라 declares or announces, while -(으)리라 resolves or predicts.