Korean Grammar Patterns

-ㄹ게 not -ㄹ께

Meaning

Promise ending spelling

How to use it

The first-person promise/intention ending is spelled -ㄹ게 (e.g. 갈게, 할게), even though it is pronounced [께]. Writing -ㄹ께 is a common spelling error. The same holds for -ㄹ걸, -ㄹ수록 etc.: spell with ㄱ, not ㄲ.

Pronounced tense [께] but written soft ㄱ.,Rule extends to -ㄹ걸, -ㄹ세라, -ㄹ수록.

Examples

Korean	English
내일 다시 전화할게 (O) / 전화할께 (X) naeil dasi jeonhwahalge (O) / jeonhwahalkke (X)	Correct '전화할게' (I'll call); '전화할께' is misspelled.
먼저 갈게요 (O) / 갈께요 (X) meonjeo galgeyo (O) / galkkeyo (X)	'갈게요' (I'll go ahead) is right; '갈께요' is wrong.
내가 도와줄게 (O) / 도와줄께 (X) naega dowajulge (O) / dowajulkke (X)	'도와줄게' (I'll help) — never spell it 도와줄께.

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