-(으)ㄹ게요

-(으)ㄹ게요 is how you tell someone 'I'll do it': a promise or decision you make with the listener in mind.

문장 끝·말투Endings & speech style

Han: -(으)ㄹ게요 states the speaker's own promise, so it cannot ask about someone else's plan; use -(으)ㄹ 거예요? for questions.

Examples

제가 내일 다시 전화할게요.I'll call you again tomorrow.

그럼 저는 아메리카노로 할게요.Then I'll have an americano.

잠깐만요, 제가 문 열어 드릴게요.Just a moment, I'll open the door for you.

죄송해요. 다음부터는 안 늦을게요.I'm sorry. I won't be late from now on.

Don’t mix up

-(으)ㄹ게요vs-(으)ㄹ 거예요거예요 states a plan regardless of the listener and works for any person and in questions (주말에 부산에 갈 거예요?); 게요 is my promise in reaction to you (제가 갈게요).

-(으)ㄹ게요vs-(으)ㄹ래요래요 expresses what I want and can ask what the listener wants (뭐 먹을래요?); 게요 is a commitment to the listener and cannot be a question (제가 살게요).

How to build it

V+(으)ㄹ게요 (consonant stem + 을게요, vowel/ㄹ stem + ㄹ게요)

먹다 → 먹을게요, 가다 → 갈게요, 만들다 → 만들게요

The subject is the speaker (I or we). For a third person's plan, use -(으)ㄹ 거예요.
It cannot form a question. To ask about someone's plan use -(으)ㄹ 거예요?, and to offer something use -(으)ㄹ까요?
Attach it to action verbs, not adjectives, and do not put past tense -았/었- before it.
It sounds like a response to the listener. For a plan that has nothing to do with the listener, -(으)ㄹ 거예요 is usually more natural.

Classic mistake

Wrong: ~~주말에 뭐 할게요?~~

Right: 주말에 뭐 할 거예요?

-(으)ㄹ게요 states the speaker's own promise, so it cannot ask about someone else's plan; use -(으)ㄹ 거예요? for questions.

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