-으리

Korean Alternative forms ko -리 after vowels and ko ㄹ Etymology From ko okm - -으〮리〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮 -úlí/ólí, from ko oko 尸 *-ulq irrealis gerund marker + oko 是 *-i either the nominative case marker or a semantically light noun.ko 김지오 (Kim Ji-o) ko:고대국어 연결어미 연구의 현황과 과제 The conditions and future tasks of analyzing connective endings in Old Korean Gugyeol Yeon'gu 2019 43 55–87 Compare ko -으니. Pronunciation Suffix In the plain style or in poetic monologue, a prospective suffix which attaches to verbs and adjectives: Marks one's speculation or prediction. ko 내 아들-이 여기 있었거늘 이 봄-을 보고 또 얼마나 웃었으리, 지독지정-이 쓰라리기-도 하구나. If my son were here now, how much he would have smiled upon seeing this spring! A parent's love is bitter indeed. Marks one's desire or intention. ko 내 기필코 대의-를 이루리. I will certainly achieve my great cause. (how) could...; marks a rhetorical question. ko 나라-가 망하고-도 이 몸-이 살았으니 아니 죽고 어이-리. The country is gone, but I am alive; what is there to do but to die? Usage notes Since at least the fifteenth century, this suffix can be used both at the end of a verb/adjective, and after the stem but before another suffix. See Derived terms below. Derived terms ko -으리다 -으리라 -으리니 -으리니라 -을로다 See also ko -을 것이다 ko -겠- References