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­으려고

-euryeogo

as if...!; you don't mean...?

As a casual sentence-final ending, this voices doubt or asks a rhetorical question about a suggested situation ('as if that's going to happen'); it can also work as a connective ending expressing intention or an upcoming change.

Form

Attaches to
Verb, Auxiliary
Other shapes
­려고 · ­려고요 · ­으려고요

Meanings

  1. 1

    A connective ending used to indicate that one has an intention or desire of doing a certain act.

    어떤 행동을 할 의도나 욕망을 가지고 있음을 나타내는 연결 어미.

    ※ ‘ㄹ’을 제외한 받침 있는 동사 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

  2. 2

    A connective ending used to indicate the change of a movement or state that is soon to happen.

    곧 일어날 움직임이나 상태의 변화를 나타내는 연결 어미.

    ※ ‘ㄹ’을 제외한 받침 있는 동사 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

  3. 3

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to doubt a given situation and ask again about it.

    (두루낮춤으로) 어떤 주어진 상황에 대하여 의심이나 반문을 나타내는 종결 어미.

    ※ 받침 있는 동사와 형용사 또는 ‘-었-’ 뒤에 붙여 쓴다.

Examples

  • 지수네 화장실이 운동장만큼 넓다면서?

    I heard Jisu's bathroom is as big as a playground?

  • 아무리 부자라도 화장실이 운동장만큼이야 넓으려고.

    No matter how rich they are, there's no way the bathroom is as big as a playground.

  • 벌써 씻으려고?

    You're going to shower already?

  • 이렇게 많은 것을 혼자 다 먹으려고?

    Are you really going to eat all this by yourself?

  • 아직 초저녁인데 가게 문을 닫으려고?

    It's still early evening — are you really going to close the shop?

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 ‘­으려고’ mean?

  2. 2. Which form means “as if...!; you don't mean...?”?