-을 것이다

Korean Alternative forms ko -ㄹ 것이다 after vowel or ko ㄹ-final stems ko -을 거다 -ㄹ 거다 dominant form in colloquial speech Etymology ko -을 irrealis attributive suffix + 것 thing + ko -이다 to be. Literally "it is a thing that [SUBJECT] will..." Suffix -을 것-이다 expresses the subject's desire; typically has a future meaning, similar to English "will" ko 저-는 내일 시험 공부 할 거예요. I'm going to study for the exams tomorrow. ko 저-는 ^미국-으로 갈 것입니다. I will go to America. ko 우리 어디 갈 거야? Where are we going to go? ko 차-를 세우시지 않을 겁니까? Will you not be stopping the car? expresses the speaker's hypothesis or supposition, about which the speaker is reasonably confident ko 언젠가 저 나무-는 쓰러-질 것입니다. That tree is going to fall down some day. ko 지금 이 순간-에-도 바람-이 불고 있을 거야. The wind is going to be blowing this very moment. ko 아마 아기-가 울었을 거예요. It's probably the baby who cried. Usage notes ko colloquial pronunciation Colloquially, ko 거-예-요 is pronounced and written ko 거-에-요. This is prescriptively considered a misspelling. ko contrast with ko -겠- ko -겠- and ko -을 것이다 both convey the subject's desire or the speaker's hypothesis, and often have (by extension) a future sense. However, ko -겠- conveys a hypothesis based on the speaker's subjective beliefs or sentiments, or based only on information perceived at the present moment. Meanwhile, ko -을 것이다 conveys a hypothesis based on information exterior to the speaker or beyond that perceived at the present moment. Thus ko 고기-가 맛있-겠--다 means that the speaker feels that the meat will taste good based on what it looks like at the moment of speaking, whereas ko 고기-가 맛있을 거야 means that the speaker has some exterior justification for believing that the meat will taste good—having previously tasted it, for instance. The contrast extends to statements about the subject's desire. Thus ko 저-는 미국-으로 가-겠--습니다 emphasizes the speaker's subjective desire to go to America, while ko 저-는 미국-으로 갈 것입니다 implies that the speaker has not only the desire to go to America, but also some objective reason for believing that they will be able to do so. Conjugation See -이다#Conjugation. As the subject of 이다 is always 것, which can by definition never be honored, the honorific forms do not exist. See also ko -으리