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Could it be?

How to say "Could it be?" in Korean.

In a previous chapter we already covered suggestions such as “shall we / I?”. This form will also be used in this chapter.

Using (을/ㄹ)까요 with descriptive verbs

Section titled “Using (을/ㄹ)까요 with descriptive verbs”

The previous chapter covered only action verbs, but it can also be used with descriptive verbs.

For -irregular descriptive verbs, remove , then attach ㄹ까요: 그렇다 → 그럴까요? (Could that be so?).

Regular stems keep and take 을까요: 좋다 → 좋을까요? (Would it be good?).

Asking could? or would? using (을/ㄹ)까요

Section titled “Asking could? or would? using (을/ㄹ)까요”

This form can also mean could? or would?, so asking about whether something is possible or not.

내일 비가 올까요?

Could it rain tomorrow?

이안 씨는 지금 뭘 만들고 있을까요?

What could Ian be making now?

도와줄 수 있을까요?

Would you be able to help?


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