ABSTRACT

The ~(으)ㄹ래요 ending indicates the speaker’s intention or immediate desire and corresponds to “will” or “intend to” in English. ~(으)ㄹ래요 is a three-form ending. ~을래요 is used after stems ending in consonants, as in 먹을래요 “will eat”; ~ㄹ래요 is used after stems ending in vowels, as in 갈래요 “will go”; ~래요 is used for irregular stems ending in ㄹ, as in 만들래요 “will make.”