TOPIK II · LEVEL 3
-(으)ㄹ 예정이다
-(으)ㄹ 예정이다 says something is scheduled or planned to happen: 'be scheduled to'.
목적·의도Purpose, plans & wishesHan: 예정 is a noun here, so it takes 이다: 예정이에요, not 예정해요.
Examples
새 도서관은 다음 달에 문을 열 예정이에요.The new library is due to open next month.
회의는 2시간 동안 진행될 예정입니다.The meeting is scheduled to last two hours.
비행기는 오후 3시에 도착할 예정입니다.The plane is scheduled to arrive at 3 p.m.
Don’t mix up
-(으)ㄹ 예정이다vs-(으)ㄹ 거예요-(으)ㄹ 거예요 is everyday 'will'; 예정이다 sounds official and fixed: 갈 거예요 vs 방문할 예정입니다.How to build it
V+(으)ㄹ 예정이다
출발하다 → 출발할 예정입니다
- Common in announcements, news and formal speech.
- Before a noun: N-(으)ㄹ 예정인 N: 개최될 예정인 행사.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 회의가 내일 열릴 예정해요.
Right: 회의가 내일 열릴 예정이에요.
예정 is a noun here, so it takes 이다: 예정이에요, not 예정해요.
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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)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 …'.