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-(으)리라

will, shall (resolve / conjecture, literary)

Level 6 · Sentence ending

Explanation

A literary ending for the speaker's resolve (꼭 성공하리라) or a conjecture (봄이 오리라). Vowel or ㄹ stems take 리라, consonant stems 으리라. Quoted: -(으)리라고 생각하다, -(으)리라 믿다.

Examples

  • 다시는 같은 실수를 하지 않으리라 다짐했다.

    I vowed never to make the same mistake again.

  • 머지않아 좋은 날이 오리라 믿는다.

    I believe good days will come before long.

  • 그가 이 사실을 알았으리라고는 생각하지 못했다.

    I never thought he would have known this.

TOPIK note

TOPIK II Reading 42–43 (literature).

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