-려고

ryeogo

A connective ending used to indicate that one has an intention or desire of doing a certain act.

ending

Meanings

  1. A connective ending used to indicate that one has an intention or desire of doing a certain act.
  2. A connective ending used to indicate a change in a movement or state that is soon to happen.
  3. (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to doubt a given situation and ask again about it.

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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