-을 테니
-을 테니: Since I Will — My Intention as Your Reason
Since I will / I’m going to… — intention or expectation used as reason for the next clause.
How to form it
| When | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Batchim stem | -을 테니 | 먹을 테니 / 할 테니 |
| Vowel / ㄹ | -ㄹ 테니 | 살 테니 / 갈 테니 |
| Polite | -을 테니까요 / -을 테니… | 제가 살 테니 같이 가요 |
-을 테니 turns my plan into your reason: I’ll get lunch, so let’s go to that new place.
Same 터 family as -을 텐데. 우리말샘 터 after -을: expectation, conjecture, will. Courses split 테니 (reason/intention hinge) from 텐데 (guess/but hinge).
Shape
제가 점심을 살 테니 한식당에 가요.
제가 운전할 테니 편하게 타요.
먼저 자리 맡아 둘 테니 천천히 와요.
제가 설명할 테니 질문 있어요?Eating out:
메뉴 고를 테니 음료만 고르세요.
계산은 제가 할 테니 걱정 마세요.테니 vs 텐데 vs 으니까
| Form | Follow-through |
|---|---|
| -을 테니 | since I will… → suggestion/request |
| -을 텐데 | probably… but / soft background |
| -으니까 | general because |
살 테니 같이 가요. intention → invitation
살 텐데요. hedge trail
비싸니까 나눠요. plain reasonLearner traps
- Swapping 테니/텐데 by spelling alone.
- Third-person since he’ll… drills before first-person intention is solid.
- Ending with 테니 and never saying what the other person should do.
Ask: am I offering my intention as the reason for your next step? If yes, -을 테니. If you are hedging a guess, use -을 텐데.
Do not confuse it with
Taught alongside this
On the jabi learning path, this appears in 오늘은 제가 점심을 살 테니 새로 생긴 한식당에 가요 (Today I will buy lunch and go to a new Korean restaurant.) — Intermediate Korean 1, Unit 12, on the theme of eating out. These come with it:
Words used above
Quick check
No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.
1. 제가 점심을 살 테니 한식당에 가요 is closest to…
2. 테니 vs 텐데?
3. Best subject for beginner drills?
Common questions
Dictionary headword?
Dependent noun 터 after -을 covers will/expectation. -을 테니 is the taught chunk with a reason-connective close.
vs -을게?
eulge promises what I’ll do. -을 테니 uses that intention as reason for your next move.
vs -으니까?
eunikka is a general reason. -을 테니 leans on planned intention.
Can it be a guess about someone else?
터 also covers conjecture. This slot’s gloss sticks to ‘since I will’ — master that first.