-(으)ㄹ래요?

Use it to ask what the listener wants to do ("Do you want to…?") or to say what you yourself want to do ("I'll… / I want to…") in a friendly, polite way.

문장 끝·말투Endings & speech style

Han: When offering something to a teacher or an older person, use the honorific -(으)실래요?; 마시다 is replaced by its honorific verb 드시다, giving 드실래요?

Examples

창문 좀 닫아 줄래요?Could you close the window, please?

저는 아이스 아메리카노 마실래요.I'll have an iced americano.

주말에 같이 영화 볼래요?Do you want to see a movie together this weekend?

오늘은 피곤해서 그냥 집에 있을래요.I'm tired today, so I'll just stay home.

Don’t mix up

-(으)ㄹ래요?vs-(으)ㄹ게요-(으)ㄹ게요 is a promise or decision made with the listener in mind and is not used as a question; -(으)ㄹ래요 simply states your own preference: 제가 할게요 (I'll do it for you) vs 저는 안 할래요 (I don't want to).-(으)ㄹ래요?vs-(으)ㄹ까요?-(으)ㄹ까요? asks the listener's opinion about a plan or offer ("Shall I / shall we?"), while -(으)ㄹ래요? asks what the listener wants to do: 제가 문을 열까요? (Shall I open the door?) vs 문 좀 열래요? (Will you open the door?).

How to build it

V+(으)ㄹ래요(?) (consonant stem + 을래요, vowel or ㄹ stem + ㄹ래요)

먹다 → 먹을래요, 가다 → 갈래요, 만들다 → 만들래요

Attach it to verbs (including 있다 in the sense "stay"); adjectives cannot take it: 조용할래요 ✗.
In statements the subject is "I", in questions it is "you"; it cannot report a third person's wish: 민수 씨는 갈래요 ✗ → 민수 씨는 가고 싶어 해요.
It has no past form (갔을래요 ✗); it is about what someone wants to do now or soon.
It is casual-polite: with seniors use -(으)실래요? in questions, and when answering a boss, 할게요 or 하겠습니다 sounds more appropriate than 할래요.

Classic mistake

Wrong: ~~선생님, 커피 마실래요?~~

Right: 선생님, 커피 드실래요?

When offering something to a teacher or an older person, use the honorific -(으)실래요?; 마시다 is replaced by its honorific verb 드시다, giving 드실래요?

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