📝 Grammar B1 ✓ Native Reviewed

-겠어요

-gesseoyo

I will / I think / Seems like (intention/inference)

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What it means

-겠 expresses the speaker's will, intention, or inference about a situation. It's the formal-polite way to say "I will" or to make a soft assumption.

References Naver Korean Dictionary ↗ 국립국어원 표준국어대사전 ↗
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최애 choeae One's favorite (bias) member/person 귀찮아요 gwichanhayo It's bothersome / I can't be bothered -지만 -jiman But / although
← -(으)니까 -는 것 같다 →

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