TOPIK II · LEVEL 6
-(으)리라는 + N
A literary noun modifier giving the content of an expectation, belief or resolve: 'the expectation/belief that … will …'. It is -(으)리라 + -는 (from -고 하는) and is typical of news, essays and narratives.
추측·판단Guessing & judgingHan: 소식 is news of a fact, so it takes -(느)ㄴ다는/-았/었다는; -(으)리라는 goes with nouns of expectation such as 기대 or 믿음.
Examples
경기가 곧 회복되리라는 정부의 전망과 달리 소비는 계속 줄어들고 있다.Contrary to the government's forecast that the economy would soon recover, consumer spending keeps falling.
언젠가 고향에 돌아가리라는 희망이 그를 긴 세월 동안 버티게 했다.The hope that he would one day return home kept him going through the long years.
그 작은 회사가 업계 1위가 되리라는 예상은 아무도 하지 못했다.Nobody foresaw that the small company would become the industry leader.
Don’t mix up
-(으)리라는 + Nvs-(으)ㄹ 거라는 + NSame meaning in everyday speech: 곧 나아질 거라는 희망. -(으)리라는 is the written version: 곧 나아지리라는 희망.
-(으)리라는 + Nvs-(느)ㄴ다는 + N-(느)ㄴ다는 reports a fact, news or claim: 합격했다는 소식. -(으)리라는 reports an expectation: 합격하리라는 기대.-(으)리라는 + Nvs-(으)리라고-(으)리라고 is followed by a verb: 합격하리라고 믿었다. -(으)리라는 is followed by a noun: 합격하리라는 믿음.How to build it
V/A+(으)리라는+N
N+(이)리라는+N
past guess: V/A+았/었으리라는+N
성공하다 → 성공하리라는 기대; 좋다 → 좋으리라는 예상; 돌아오다 → 돌아오리라는 믿음; 살다 → 살리라는 희망; 끝났다 → 끝났으리라는 짐작
- The noun is one of expectation or will: 기대, 믿음, 예상, 전망, 희망, 확신, 짐작, 각오, 다짐, 생각. For news or facts (소식, 사실, 소문) use -(느)ㄴ다는.
- With 각오/다짐 it is the subject's own resolve (반드시 이기리라는 각오); with 기대/예상/전망 it is a guess about anyone or anything.
- Written and formal. In conversation say -(으)ㄹ 거라는: 합격할 거라는 기대. It often appears when an expectation is disappointed: ~(으)리라는 예상과 달리, ~(으)리라는 기대가 무너졌다.
Classic mistake
Wrong: 동생이 시험에 합격하리라는 소식을 들었다.
Right: 동생이 시험에 합격했다는 소식을 들었다.
소식 is news of a fact, so it takes -(느)ㄴ다는/-았/었다는; -(으)리라는 goes with nouns of expectation such as 기대 or 믿음.
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All TOPIK grammar- -(으)ㄹ 리 만무하다A formal, emphatic way to say "there is absolutely no way that ~", based on the speaker's firm reasoning.
- -(으)ㄹ 소지가 있다Something has a flaw or condition in it that could lead to an undesirable result, such as a misunderstanding, dispute or abuse.
- -(으)ㄴ/는 감이 있다Used to say, softly, that something strikes you as a bit too much or not quite enough: 'it feels somewhat ~'.
- -(으)ㄹ라A casual sentence ending used to warn someone close that something bad might happen if they are not careful.
- -(으)ㄹ세라-(으)ㄹ세라 means someone quickly or carefully does something out of anxiety that an unwanted event might happen ("for fear that", "lest").
- -(으)리라고-(으)리라 + quotative 고 before a verb of thinking or expecting: '(think/believe/expect) that … will …'. Literary; very common in -(으)리라고는 생각하지 못했다 'never imagined that …'.
- -지 싶다-지 싶다 expresses the speaker's own fairly confident guess, like 'I suppose / I'd say it's probably ~'.
- -(으)매-(으)매 is a bookish, literary way to say 'because' or 'as', linking a cause to its natural result in formal writing.
- -(으)나 -(으)나Two paired or opposite verbs/adjectives, each with -(으)나, mean 'whichever of these is the case, the following stays the same', which often amounts to 'regardless' or 'all the time'.