• Propose and organize gatherings and plan details.
• Express intention and guesses for the near future using (으)ㄹ테니까.

• INGREDIENTS – 단어 Vocabulary
  • End-of-year party and get-together
• RECIPE – 문법과 표현 Grammar
  • V–(으)ㅂ시다
  • A/V–(으)ㄹ 테니까
  • V–겠–2
• LET’S COOK! – 해 봐요! Classroom Tasks
  • Interpretive Task 1: A conversation at the club meeting
  • Interpretive & Interpersonal Task 2: Group chat messages on the end of the year party
  • Interpersonal & Presentational Task 3: Invitation to an end of the year party
• KOREAN FLAVORS – 한국어와 한국 문화 Korean Language & Culture
  • Irregular conjugation: ㄹ–final verbs
  • How Koreans celebrate the end of the year
• NOW YOU TRY! – 스스로 해봐요! Async. Practices and Tasks
  • WB Link
  • Communicative Task Link

How do you celebrate the end of the year in your culture? Have you ever planned anything to celebrate it?

Now let’s read these two dialogues. What are they talking about?

1. Review: Proposals in Korean

You know you can invite someone to do something together if you use the –어요 ending with 우리 (같이):

In casual speech, –자 and –지 말자 are used to extend your invitations.

2. V–(으)ㅂ시다 and –지 맙시다 let’s and let’s not

Remember how to say –(으)세요 “Please do” and –지 마세요 ”Please don’t” from Lesson 9 of Book 1? Quite similarly, the expressions –(으)ㅂ시다 “Let’s” and –지 맙시다 “Let’s not” form a parallel pair to them, specifically for making an invitation or request in a polite formal setting:

Though – (으)ㅂ시다 is more formal than –자, it still sounds too direct and too forward when used toward one’s elders or superiors. There you need to use more complex, indirect paraphrases.

3. Conjugation 

Note that verbs before –(으)ㅂ시다 and –지 맙시다 are conjugated differently due to the fact that –(으)ㅂ시다 begins with a vowel and –지 맙시다 does not. Let’s try on your own!

<Answer key> 구웁시다, 굽지 맙시다, 알립시다, 알리지 맙시다, 만듭시다, 만들지 맙시다, 들읍시다, 듣지 맙시다, 봅시다, 보지 맙시다

1. A/V–(으)ㄹ 테니까 my guess is…, so

–(으)ㄹ 터 is similar to –(으)ㄹ 거 in expressing the speaker’s plans or guesses about others, but –(으)ㄹ 터 is relatively weaker in prediction and stronger in subjective expectation than –(으)ㄹ 거. In modern spoken Korean, –(으)ㄹ 터 is not used on its own, but comes before the “be” verb 이다 and certain connectors, showing up as –(으)ㄹ텐데, –(으)ㄹ테니까, –(으)ㄹ테면, etc. Depending on the connector it is merged with, –(으)ㄹ 터can express something a little more than a subjective prediction –– oftentimes a concern.

–(으)ㄹ 터 is combined with –(으)니까, and expresses the reason behind the speaker’s supposition or concerns.

–(으)ㄹ 터 connectors may end a sentence, being added as sort of an afterthought or being non-committal:

2. V–(으)ㄹ 테니까 I will do…, so 

–(으)ㄹ 테니까 is also used to express the speaker’s intention. In this case, the subject is the first person, and is followed by suggestions, proposals, or requests.

3. A/V–었/았을 테니까 my guess is that

Just like –(으)ㄹ 거예요, –(으)ㄹ 테니까 is used to express one’s guess, and it can be used with a present or past event.

4. Conjugation 

–(으)ㄹ 테니까 in the present tense follows the same conjugation pattern as other으-beginning endings and connectors. Try the following on your own, paying attention to the tense!

<Answer key> 구울 테니까, 구웠을 테니까, 알릴 테니까, 알렸을 테니까, 만들 테니까, 만들었을 테니까, 들을 테니까, 들었을 테니까, 볼 테니까, 봤을 테니까

1. Review: A/V–겠 Conjecture

In Lesson 3, we learned how –겠 is used to express a personalized conjecture, based on one’s world experience (“he must be…”)

2. V–겠 Intentional future for “I” and “You” will/would (like to)

Another function of –겠(다) is to mark an intentional future (e.g. “I will,” “I would like to,” “I will plan to”). In other words, –겠(다) expresses the speaker’s subjective thought process, which can be an assumption, supposition, speculation, conjecture, and with a dash of volition, intention or willingness.

The typical translation for –(으)ㄹ 것(이다) or –(으)ㄹ 거(다) is “be going to V” or (“will”) “be V–ing,” whereas that for –겠(다) is “will”/”would”/”could” or “would like to.”

In statements:

And, don’t forget the other related endings!

In questions (typically used to make polite requests or to ask the listener’s intention):

In the simplest terms, 을 거 is more like “Do you know if you will…?” whereas –겠 is “Do you think you will…?”

In formal announcements:

Also very typical is the use of –겠 in weather forecasting; also for announcements in a formal setting such as when introducing a speaker or in newscasting.

Weather Forecasting:

Introduction:

Announcement:

3. Use of 겠 to express politeness

–겠 is frequently used to express politeness because of its subjective intentional meaning:

Compare the first conversation set with the second one with the factual, and depending on the situation, overly direct question and response:

Now you can perhaps see why –겠– is used with seemingly different intentions such as conjecture, hope, politeness, etc. They are related meanings, and soon enough, it will become clear that in many cases, it does not really matter which “usage” –겠– has, it always has the same nuance:

(교실에서)

(백화점에서)

(식당에서)

4. Conjugation 

You do not need to change stems with –겠 as it begins with a consonant, ㄱ. Try it on your own!

<Answer key> 돕겠습니다, 알리겠습니다, 만들겠습니다, 걷겠습니다, 전하겠습니다

Create a role play with your partner using the key grammar expressions and new vocabulary from this lesson. Include 5 to 6 meaningful rounds of dialogue. Take turns, and feel free to add details to make the conversation lively.

• Context: Club members are discussing an upcoming end-of-year gathering. Discuss the details of the event, including the specific time and date, activities, the menu, and other relevant information to make it a successful event. Additionally, assign or volunteer for the responsibilities related to preparation for the event.
• Participants: Two members of a hobby club
• Key Expressions: –(으)ㅂ시다, –(으)ㄹ 테니까, –겠–
• Sample dialogue:

Alex is president of the photography club and conducting a meeting to discuss the year-end gathering. Listen to the discussion and complete the summary chart in English.

Helpful Vocabulary

뷔페: buffet

셀프: self-serve

Group Chat Messages on the End of the Year Party

1. Read the group chat version of the meeting conversation, then email the members to invite them to the year-end gathering from Ye-eun’s perspective as secretary of the club.

초대 이메일

Invitation to an End of the Year Party

1. [Role-play] Based on the Listening activities, call the restaurant and make a reservation for your club event.

One person shall take the role of restaurant staff, and the other person is Samantha, the photography club’s vice president.

(사진 동호회 부회장). Include the following information in the conversation.

• Time and date
• Number of participants
• Menu
• Special accommodations

2. [Group work] How do you celebrate your club’s/office’s/class’s/friends’ end-of-year party? You are hosting a year-end gathering for your class. Conduct a planning meeting in detail and prepare to share the event poster or invitation in class. You can refer to the role play conducted in 종합 연습.

Here is the list of question words frequently used in Korean. Note that most question words also function as indefinite pronouns (someone, somewhere, something, …) when used in statements. Read the example sentences and see if you can understand them.

Here are some more useful pronouns.

How Koreans Celebrate an End of the Year

Image Credit: Jordi Sanchez Teruel https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunxez/8249449955/

December is a festive season in Korea, just like in many other places around the world. Shops and streets are decorated with beautiful Christmas lights and filled with people who want to enjoy the holiday spirit. Christmas is a national holiday in Korea, so people enjoy a day off and often get together with their loved ones, friends, and family to celebrate. You can share these holiday vibes saying ‘즐거운 크리스마스 되세요’ or ‘메리 크리스마스.’ Koreans also visit festivals of light, such as the Seoul Lantern Festival, which you can visit virtually here: https://www.stolantern.com/index.asp.

Likewise, year-end parties, 송년회 (a gathering to bid farewell to the current year), are held later in December with family, friends, and colleagues to conclude one year and get ready for the next. College students celebrate the end of the year in their academic departments, college clubs, and at parties for alum. Working people also get together at their companies and with community groups and hobby clubs.

Year-end parties used to be focused on eating and drinking, but these days, they are often held over a lunch hour and may involve watching movies or concerts together.

This time of year has become an opportunity to spend time with those around us!