-으리라는
-으리라는: The Idea That One Will… — Naming a Future Claim
Expression: the idea that one will… — naming a future claim.
How to form it
| When | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Batchim stems | -으리라는 | 먹으리라는 / 있으리라는 |
| Vowel / ㄹ stems | -리라는 | 가리라는 / 하리라는 |
-으리라는 (-리라는) names the idea that one will….
It frames a future claim for a noun seat. Not the bare ending -으리라 alone.
Why this is hard
Learners stop at -으리라. Adding -는 turns the vow/speculation into something you can talk about — the claim that…, the idea that….
What it does
이기리라는 희망
떠나리라는 생각
성공하리라는 말
돌아오리라는 약속The package labels a future claim as a unit before a noun.
Forms
Batchim -으리라는; vowel / ㄹ -리라는.
이기다 → 이기리라는
가다 → 가리라는
하다 → 하리라는When not to use it
Do not use it as a bare sentence end — -으리라.
Do not use it as café future — -겠-.
Do not invent it on every noun as decoration.
Neighbours — and why they differ
| Form | Why it is not this slot |
|---|---|
| -으리라 | Ending resolve/speculation. |
| -으리라고 | Quoting a future claim — related family. |
| -겠- | Living future/guess. |
Ask: am I naming the will-claim before a noun? If yes, -으리라는. If ending a vow, -으리라.
If English wants the idea that they will…, you are here.
Do not confuse it with
Taught alongside this
On the jabi learning path, this appears in 표현 (expression) — Advanced Korean 2, Unit 4, on the theme of expression. These come with it:
Words used above
Quick check
No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.
1. You are naming the hope that they will win, not saying the vow yourself. Which line?
2. The noun is the thought that they will leave. You are not quoting it with 고. Which line?
3. You want the promise named as a noun, the promise that they will return. Which line?
Common questions
Job?
Frame ‘one will…’ as a named claim/idea.
Vs -으리라?
-으리라 is the ending. -으리라는 adjectivalises that claim.
Vs -으리라고?
Related future-claim family; -고 often quotes. Keep this page on -는 framing.
Speech?
Reports, essays, talking about someone’s vow.