-을래

See also: -을래-

Korean

Alternative forms

• ㄹ래 (-llae) — after vowel or ㄹ (l)-final stems

Etymology

Short for 을라 해 (-eulla hae), nonstandard form of Standard Korean 으려 해 "[one] tries to do; [one] plans to do". The first element is from Middle Korean 오〮리〮라〮 (-wólílá), and the second is simply the infinitive of 하다 (hada).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯɭɭɛ] ~ [ɯɭɭe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [을래/을레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eullae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eullae
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭllae
Yale Romanization?	ullay

Suffix

을래 • (-eullae)

1. In the intimate speech level, or with 요 (-yo) in the polite speech level, a desiderative suffix marking the subject's intention about the future:
   1. Used to declare the intention of the speaker.

      이제 그만할래. ― Ije geumanhallae. ― I'm gonna quit. / That’s enough.

      저녁 안 먹을래요. ― Jeonyeok an meogeullae-yo. ― I'm not going to have dinner.

   2. Used to ask about the intention of the listener.

      라면 먹고 갈래? ― Ramyeon meokgo gallae? ― Do you want to Netflix and chill? (literally, “Do you want to have ramen at my place?”)

   3. Used to give a very polite request.

      이 문제 풀어볼래? (by a tutor to a student) ― I munje pureo-bollae? ― Do you want to try solving this problem?

Usage notes

• 을래 (-eullae) causes stem-final ㄹ (l) to drop out.
• In some dialects, this appears as a general future-tense marker that must obligatorily take other suffixes after it; see the entry at 을래 (-eullae-).