TOPIK II · LEVEL 3
-(으)ㄹ 생각이다
-(으)ㄹ 생각이다 states a plan or intention you've thought about: 'I plan to / I'm going to'.
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: Rain can't have an intention; 생각이다 is for a person's plan.
Examples
방학 때 뭐 할 생각이에요?What are you planning to do over the vacation?
올해는 차를 살 생각이 없어요.I have no intention of buying a car this year.
졸업하면 한국에서 일할 생각이에요.After graduating I plan to work in Korea.
Don’t mix up
-(으)ㄹ 생각이다vs-(으)ㄹ 예정이다생각이다 = your personal intention; 예정이다 = a fixed schedule, often official: 갈 생각이에요 vs 출발할 예정입니다.How to build it
V+(으)ㄹ 생각이다
유학 가다 → 유학 갈 생각이에요
- Negative: -(으)ㄹ 생각이 없다 'have no intention of'.
- Mostly about the speaker or in questions to the listener: 뭐 할 생각이에요?
Classic mistake
Wrong: 내일 비가 올 생각이에요.
Right: 내일 비가 올 것 같아요.
Rain can't have an intention; 생각이다 is for a person's plan.
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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 예정이다-(으)ㄹ 예정이다 says something is scheduled or planned to happen: 'be scheduled to'.
- -(으)ㄹ까 하다-(으)ㄹ까 하다 means 'I'm thinking of doing …' — a loose, not yet fixed plan.
- -(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 …'.