Grammar Advanced TOPIK II · Level 5–6 Advanced Korean 1 · expression

-을 테다

-을 테다: Will (For Sure) — Strong Expectation Or Will

Pattern with 터 「005」 after -(으)ㄹ: planned/expected/intended — often contracted 테다.

Before this, make sure you know: -을 법하다 , -아요 / -어요

How to form it

When	Form	Example
Full	-(으)ㄹ 터이다	갈 터이다 / 할 터이다
Contracted	-(으)ㄹ 테다	갈 테다 / 할 테야 / 할 테니까

-을 테다 marks a strong expectation about what follows — will (for sure)… from the speaker’s stance.

Why this is hard

It is stronger than soft -을 것 같다. Learners under-fire it as mild guess or over-fire it as destiny. Speaker conviction is the colour — often plan, warning, or reassurance.

What it does

You project what you expect to happen, with weight.

내일은 바쁠 거예요. — 바쁠 테니 일찍 자요.
알고 있을 테니까 말 안 했어요.
비가 올 테니 우산을 가져가요.
괜찮을 테니까 걱정 마세요.

Forms

-을 테다 and related -을 테니 / -을 테니까 reason frames are the classroom cluster.

When not to use it

Do not treat it as weak 것 같다 only. Do not use it for past completed report without expectation. Do not ignore the speaker-stance flavour.

Neighbours — and why they differ

Form	Why it is not this slot
-을 것 같다	Softer seems / I think.
-을 법하다	Likely — cooler prediction.
-을 테면	If you are going to — condition on a plan.

Advice lines often ride -을 테니: because I expect X, do Y. Keep the expectation and the advice both visible.

Classroom examples should keep the meaning concrete: one clear scene beats three vague glosses. If a neighbour form already says the same thing more lightly, prefer the lighter tool unless register demands this one.

Ask: am I projecting a strong expectation? If yes, -을 테다. If you only soft-guess, use -을 것 같다.

Do not confuse it with

-을 법하다

likely to… — a reasonable prediction

-겠-

guessing, forecasting, or resolving — not just future

-을 것

rules and notices — the ending signs are written in

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 표현 (expression) — Advanced Korean 1, Unit 4, on the theme of expression. These come with it:

-는다니1 what are they telling me to…? — asking what the order was -었던 that had been… — past modifier with a lingering sense 에 관하여 regarding, about — the written 에 관하여 / 관한 -자기에 because one decides to… — contracted -자고 하기에 (청유 인용 + 이유), pair of -는다기에 -게 마련이다 bound to be — naturally so (-기/게 마련이다) -게 생겼다 have ended up (badly)… — negative predicament with -게 생기다 -기 나름이다 depends on how you… — the outcome varies with the method -기가 바쁘게 as soon as — barely finishing one thing before the next -기가 쉽다 easy to… / prone to — a tendency that comes naturally -기만 하다 only does… — limiting the action to just that -기에 따라 depending on… — outcomes that change with the condition -기에 앞서(서) before doing… — prior to the step you name -은 나머지 as a result of… — the outcome that follows from that act -는 데다가 and on top of that — stacking one fact onto another -는 동시에 at the same time as — two things in the same moment -는 듯하다 seems to… — a soft guess from appearance -는 법이다 it is natural that… — a general rule of how things go -는 이상 now that / given that — already being in that state -은 채로 while still… — leaving it in the state it already has -는 척하다 pretend to… — acting as if -는 가운데 in the midst of — while that situation continues 는 말할 것도 없고 not to mention — A goes without saying, and B too (는/은 말할 것도 없고) -을 만하다 worth doing / decent enough — worth the effort or acceptable -을 법하다 likely to… — a reasonable prediction -을 테면 if you are going to… — setting a condition for a plan -을 테지만 will, but… — expecting one thing and contrasting another -으려나 보다 I guess they mean to… — reading someone's likely intention 를 가지고 with, using — taking that as the means or topic -으면 몰라도 only if… — the following holds only under that (unreal / opposite) condition 에도 불구하고 despite — in spite of that noun situation -는데도 even though — contrast after a clause, softer than 지만 -어 내다 manage to… — pushing through until it is done -는다기에 because they say… — the reported claim is the reason -는다는 것이 meant to…, but — intention (-는다고 하는 것이) whose result diverged -는데도 불구하고 even so — despite the whole preceding clause

Words used above

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-(으)ㄹ 테다-(eu)l tedawill (for sure)…

터teobound noun: plan/guess/will

가다gadato go

하다hadato do

기다리다gidaridato wait

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. You are volunteering for the chore yourself so your friend can rest — firm speaker will, not a soft guess. Which line?

2. Which line uses the contracted classroom shape 할 테야 from the forms table?

3. Same stem 하다 — which states firm will, not ‘if that’s the plan’ or ‘will, but’?

Common questions

Dictionary?

우리말샘 터 「005」: after -을 — plan, guess, or will. 터이다 contracts to 테다.

Vs -을 법하다?

법하다 = likely. 테다 often carries speaker resolve or firm expect.

테니까 / 텐데?

Same 터 family: 할 테니까, 할 텐데 — space before 테.

Vs -겠어?

-겠- is another future/guess seat. 테다 leans plan/expect ground.