-을 것 같다

Korean Alternative forms ko -ㄹ 것 같다 after vowel or ko ㄹ-final stems ko -을 거 같다 -ㄹ 거 같다 dominant form in colloquial speech Etymology ko -을 irrealis attributive suffix + 것 thing + 같다 to look like. Literally "it looks like a thing that [SUBJECT] will..." Pronunciation 3 Suffix to feel like; to feel that; to think expresses an assumption, guess, or supposition; also used in hyperbolic statements about one's emotional state ko 이 나무-는 쓰러-질 것 같았습니다. It seemed this tree would fall down some day. ko 아마 아기-가 울었을 거 같아-요. I think it's probably the baby who cried. ko 그 날-은 기분-이 좋을 거 같았어? Did you feel like you'd be in a good mood that day? ko 너무 일-을 많이 해서 죽을 거 같네. I've worked so hard, I feel like I'm going to keel over. ko 비-가 올 것 같다. It looks like it will rain. Ko-비가 올 것 같다.ogg ko 공항-까지 지하철-을 타면 될 것 같은데 혹시 지하철-이 어디 있는지 아세요? I feel that I can take the subway to the airport, do you happen to know where the subway is? Ko-공항까지 지하철을.ogg Usage notes ko -나 보다 and ko -을 것 같다 both convey the speaker's assumption or guess. However, ko -나 보다 is more restricted in its semantic scope and can only be used for a supposition (often about a present state) based on evidence gathered at the moment of speech, while ko -을 것 같다 has a more subjective nuance. Thus ko 죽-을 거 같아 means "I feel like [SUBJECT] is going to die", often in a hyperbolic sense, while ko 죽-나 보다 means "It seems [based on current evidence] that the [SUBJECT] is [currently] dying". ko -을 것이다 also conveys an assumption or supposition, but with a much stronger sense of certitude than ko -을 것 같다. Conjugation See 같다#Conjugation. As the subject of 같다 is always 것, which can by definition never be honored, the honorific verb forms are not used for this specific construction.