TOPIK II · LEVEL 3
-(으)ㄹ까 하다
-(으)ㄹ까 하다 means 'I'm thinking of doing …' — a loose, not yet fixed plan.
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: -(으)ㄹ까 하다 is your own tentative plan, not a guess about weather; for guesses use -(으)ㄹ 것 같다.
Examples
이번 방학에는 운전을 배울까 해요.I'm thinking of learning to drive this vacation.
택시를 탈까 했는데 버스가 와서 탔어요.I was thinking of taking a taxi, but a bus came so I took it.
주말에 친구들이랑 바다에 갈까 해요.I'm thinking of going to the sea with friends this weekend.
Don’t mix up
-(으)ㄹ까 하다vs-(으)려고 하다-(으)려고 하다 is a firmer intention; -(으)ㄹ까 하다 sounds more tentative: 갈 거예요 > 가려고 해요 > 갈까 해요.How to build it
V+(으)ㄹ까 하다
가다 → 갈까 해요, 읽다 → 읽을까 해요
- Subject is the speaker (I/we); only with action verbs.
- Past -(으)ㄹ까 했다 means 'I was thinking of it (but didn't)'.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 날씨가 좋을까 해요.
Right: 날씨가 좋을 것 같아요.
-(으)ㄹ까 하다 is your own tentative plan, not a guess about weather; for guesses use -(으)ㄹ 것 같다.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)ㄹ 겸-(으)ㄹ 겸 gives one of two or more purposes for a single action: 'partly to …, and also to …'.
- -(으)ㄹ 생각이다-(으)ㄹ 생각이다 states a plan or intention you've thought about: 'I plan to / I'm going to'.
- -(으)ㄹ 예정이다-(으)ㄹ 예정이다 says something is scheduled or planned to happen: 'be scheduled to'.
- -(으)ㄹ까 말까 하다-(으)ㄹ까 말까 하다 means 'I can't decide whether to do it or not'.
- -(으)려다가-(으)려다가 means 'was about to / intended to do A, but (changed and) did B instead'.
- -도록-도록 links an action to the result or limit it aims at: "so that (something happens)" or "until / to the point that".
- -(으)ㅁ-(으)ㅁ turns a verb or adjective into a noun; it is used in notes, notices, memos and written records.
- -(으)며-(으)며 is a formal, written 'and' (listing) or 'while' (two actions at once).
- -(이)야-(이)야 emphasizes a topic as obvious or as the only one meant: 'as for N, of course …'.