I Promise in Korean

Hi everyone, it’s your Korean teacher Jun. The word promise seems very fascinating. It’s only a word but when someone says it to you. You become to trust someone with no good reason. When I hear this word, it always reminds me of the power of words. Isn’t it amazing? Lol sometimes we just let people do something just because they promise it even when they break promises so often. Maybe it’s a real magic word. Then, let’s learn how to say this real magic word, I promise in Korean.

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How To Say I Promise in Korean

약속할게요

[yaksok-halgeyo]
I’ll promise / I promise

 

Basic form : 약속하다
반말(informal non-honorific) form : 약속할게
Negative form with 해요 speech style : 약속 안할게요

약속 means promise in Korean and 할게요 is a future tense conjugation for 1st person subject. So all together : I’ll promise. When you are the one who promises something, 약속할게요 is pretty natural than other forms in Korean language : I’ll promise.  할게요 is used only with the pronoun ‘I’.

How To Say (sb) Promise in Korean

약속해요

[yaksok-heyo]
Promise

 

Of course, you can use it with a normal present tense conjugation. It means same : I promise in Korean. However, 약속해요 can be used with any pronouns or moods.

How To Use

A: 꼭 10시까지 와요
You must come by 10
B: 네 약속할게요
OK, I promise

 

A: 나랑 이거 약속해요
Promise me this
B: 뭐요?
What?

 

A: 꼭 할게요. 약속해요
I’ll do it. I promise
B: 그럼 알겠어요
Then OK

ㄹ게요 Conjugation

ㄹ게요 is a future tense conjugation just like -ㄹ 거예요. ㄹ게요 shows a speaker’s promise or will to do something in future. HOWEVER, You should follow many conditions to use it correctly. The most important thing of all conditions is that only 1st person pronoun can use it.

 

약속할게요
I’ll promise
=I promise

Another Meaning of 약속

약속 also means ‘plan to meet with someone’ like when you have a plan with your friend to go out and have fun together. Why is it same to promise? Because you have to make a promise to meet at when and where.

 

친구랑 약속있어요
I have a plan with my friend

Vocabulary Note

꼭 [kkok] : must [adverb]
-시 [si] : o’clock
-까지 [kkaji] : until
오다 [oda] : come
-랑 [rang] : with / and
이거 [igeo] : this
그럼 [geurum] : then
알겠다 [algedda] : ok / get it

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