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-을까

-eulkka

I wonder; shall we

An informal, low-register sentence-final ending used to wonder or guess about something ('I wonder if...'), or to ask the listener's opinion, often to suggest doing something together ('shall we...?').

Form

Attaches to
Verb, Adjective, 이다, Auxiliary
Other shapes
-ㄹ까 · 을까요 · -ㄹ까요

Meanings

  1. 1

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate a question or assumption about something.

    (두루낮춤으로) 어떤 일에 대한 의문이나 추측을 나타내는 종결 어미.

  2. 2

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to ask for the listener's opinion.

    (두루낮춤으로) 듣는 사람의 의사를 물을 때 쓰는 종결 어미.

Examples

  • 이제 수업이 끝났을까?

    I wonder if class has ended by now.

  • 저 방에서 무슨 일이 일어났을까?

    I wonder what happened in that room.

  • 지금쯤이면 지수가 공항에 도착했을까?

    I wonder if Jisu has arrived at the airport by now.

  • 도대체 저 안에서는 무슨 일이 일어나고 있을까?

    What on earth could be going on in there?

  • 승규가 몸이 아파 일찍 집에 갔는데 잘 들어갔을까?

    Seunggyu went home early because he felt sick—I wonder if he got home okay.

  • 저 가게에 우리도 줄 서서 아이스크림 사 먹자. 우리 차례에도 아이스크림이 남아 있을까?

    Let's line up and buy some ice cream at that store too. I wonder if there will still be ice cream left by the time it's our turn.

Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Don’t confuse with

Forms with a close meaning — a favourite source of wrong answers on TOPIK.

Quick check

  1. 1. What does ‘-을까’ mean?

  2. 2. Which form means “I wonder; shall we”?