-을지

Korean Etymology From ko okm - -을디 -ulti, equivalent to ko okm - -을 -ul irrealis adnominal suffix + ᄃᆞ to semantically light dependent noun + -이 -i. This construction was extremely rare in Middle Korean (apparently attested only once, near the very end of the MK period) but became increasingly popular beginning in the seventeenth century.ko:'-은지'와 '-을지'의 통시적 변화 ko:이지영 2008 ko [國](국)[語](어)[學](학) 53 113—141 Pronunciation 1 Suffix Used to convey a doubt, or an indirect question about the future: ko -던지 retrospective -는지 -을는지 realis irrealis/future Used to connect a dependent clause conveying such a doubt or question to the main clause conveying judgment or a fact. ko 이제 뭘 해-먹고 살지 걱정-이 태산-이다. I am greatly worried about how I'm going to make a living. ko 제-가 작년-에 어떻게 하는 게 옳았을지 모르겠습니다. I am unsure about what the right way I should have acted last year might be. ko 얘-들-아, 휴가-를 어디-로 갈지 정했니? Kids, did you decide where you're going to go for vacation? I wonder...; an intimate-style suffix introducing a doubt that one does not necessarily expect to be answered; mainly used when talking to oneself. ko 내일-도 오늘-처럼 추울지. I wonder if tomorrow is going to be as hot as today. ko 그녀-도 나-를 사랑-했을지. I wonder if she loved me too. In the polite level, conveys a careful, indirect question; used to add further politeness than ko -는지. ko 내일 통화 드려도 괜찮으실지-요. May I call tomorrow? References ko inflectional suffixes