-을래

See also: -을래-

Korean

Alternative forms

ㄹ래 (-llae) – after vowel or ㄹ (l)-final stems

Etymology

Probably short for 을라 해 (-eulla hae), dialectal form (used widely in Gyeongsang) of Standard Korean 으려 해 (-euryeo hae, “[one] tries to do; [one] plans to do”). The first element is from Middle Korean 으〮라〮 (Yale: -úlá, in order to), and the second is simply the infinitive of 하다 (hada).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯɭɭɛ] ~ [ɯɭɭe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [을래/을레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	eullae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	eullae
McCune–Reischauer^?	ŭllae
Yale Romanization^?	ullay

Suffix

을래 • (-eullae)

In the intimate speech level, or with 요 (-yo) in the polite speech level, a desiderative suffix marking the subject's intention about the future:
1. Used to declare the intention of the speaker.
  이제 그만할래. ― ije geumanhallae. ― I'm gonna quit.
  저녁 안 먹을래요. ― jeonyeok an meokeullae-yo. ― I'm not going to have dinner.
2. Used to ask about the intention of the listener.
  라면 먹고 갈래? ― ramyeon meokgo gallae? ― Do you want to Netflix and chill? (literally, “Do you want to have ramen at my place?”)
3. Used to give a very polite request.
  이 문제 풀어볼래? (by a tutor to a student) ― i munje pureo-bollae? ― Do you want to try solving this problem?

Usage notes

을래 (-eullae) causes stem-final ㄹ (l) to drop out.
In some dialects, this appears as a general future-tense marker that must obligatorily take other suffixes after it; see the entry at 을래 (-eullae-).