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RuleVerb/adjective stem + -get- + ending: marks intention (first person), conjecture, or the future.

Curiosity

What does the -get- in "I will do it" mean? Intention, future, or conjecture?

Intuition

-get- carries the speaker's stance toward something not yet realized. With a first-person subject it is intention ("I will"); with others or situations it is conjecture ("it will rain"); in set phrases it adds politeness ("I will enjoy this meal").

Visualization

gada (dictionary) → ga (stem) → gagetda. -get- enters after the stem and an ending rides on top.

가다gadadictionary form

Essence

Stem + -get- + ending (gagesseoyo, gagetseumnida). The shape is constant regardless of batchim. Three uses: first-person intention, conjecture, and softening/politeness. Past conjecture is -atget- (himdeureotgetda, "it must have been hard"). Spoken intention overlaps with -(eu)lgeyo and -(eu)llaeyo.

Examples

제가 하겠습니다.

I will do it.

내일은 비가 오겠어요.

It will probably rain tomorrow.

잘 먹겠습니다.

I will enjoy the meal. (set phrase before eating)

Mini-quiz

"I ___ ." (first-person intention "I will do it") Which fits?