[Korean grammar] V-(으)ㄹ래요? ① Asking Opinions and Making Suggestions

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등산 같이 갈래요?
Do you want to go hiking?


커피 한 잔 하실래요?
Would you like to have a cup of coffee?


한강에서 배를 타지 않을래요?
Would you like to go ride a boat on the Han River?


Grammar Focus:
-(으)ㄹ래요? is used when asking about the listener’s preference or intention or when gently making a request. It is used often in spoken language among close friends and thus does not convey as polite a feeling as -으시겠어요?. It corresponds to ‘Want to...?，or 'How about...?’ in English. When asking a question in the form of -(으)ㄹ래요?, the answer can be given in the form of -(으)ㄹ래요. or -(으)ㄹ게요. 
-(으)ㄹ래요? can also be replaced with -지 않을래요? (안 -(으)ㄹ래요?), which means the same as -(으)ㄹ래요? even though it is a negative form.  When the relationship with the listener is close but the speaker still wants to show respect, -(으)실래요? can be used. 
When the verb stem ends in a vowel or ㄹ, -ㄹ래요? is used, and when it ends in a consonant, -을래요? is used.




A: 저는 된장찌개를 먹을래요. 하미 씨는 뭐 드실래요?
I’ll have doenjang stew. What will you have, Hami?
B: 저는 갈비탕을 먹을래요.
I’ll have beef rib soup.

A: 유키 씨. 우리 시험 끝나고 뭐 할래요?
Yuki, what do you want to do after we finish our tests?
B: 영화 볼까요? Shall we go see a movie?

A: 서울의 야경이 보고 싶어요.  I want to see a night view of Seoul.
B: 그럼 저녁에 서울타워에 같이 갈래요?
In that case, how about going to Seoul Tower this evening?

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