How to use ~ㄹ/을 생각이다. (I am thinking about V-ing)

LESSON         ~ㄹ/을 생각이다. (be thinking about V-ing)

SAMPLE SENTENCES:
 
 →   대학을 졸업하자마자 바로 취직할 생각입니다
        (I'm thinking about getting a job right after I graduate college.)
 
→  눈이 와서 오늘은 집에 나가지 않을 생각이에요.
        (I'm not planning to go out to day because it snowed.)

→   20년뒤에 고향에 가서 살 생각이야. 
        (I am planning to live in my hometown after 20 years.)


EXPLANATION:

Verb stem + 을/ㄹ 생각이다 is used as an action verb ending, expressing whether someone has a plan or thought of doing an action.

 ‘-ㄹ 생각이다' is added to a verb stem without a 받침(consonant at the lower part of a syllable.)
      ex:
           다음 달쯤 에 여행 갈 생각이에요.
          (I am thinking about travelling next month.)

‘-을 생각이다' is added to a verb stem with a 받침
    ex:
           오늘 밤에 책을 읽을 생각이에요.
            (I am thinking about reading a book tonight.)


SAMPLE CONVERSATION:

Dad: 유진아, 친구들이랑 만난다며, 왜 책 보고 있어?
         (Yujin, I thought you are going out to meet your friends. Why are you reading a book?)
 
Yujin: 아... 오늘 눈이 많이 와서 못  만날것 같아요.
          (Uhm… I think we can't meet because it snowed a lot today.)

Dad: 그래? 좀 이따 엄마랑 스키장 갈 생각인데, 같이 갈래?
          (Oh, is that so? Your mom and I are thinking about going to the ski resort a little later. Will you come with us?)

Yujin: 정말요. 저도 스키 타고 싶어요. 같이 가도 될까요?
           (Really? I want to go skiing. May I go with you?)

Dad: 그래. 그럼 엄마 집에 오면 갈수 있도록 준비하고 있어.
           (Of course. The get ready to go once your mom comes home)

Yujin: 네, 아빠.
            (Yes dad.)

 
VOCABULARY LIST:
대학  - college
졸업하다 - graduate
~하자마자 - right after/ as soon as
취직하다 - get a job
고향 - hometown
스키장 - ski resort


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
KIM HYEJIN(MANAVITA C. KIM)
MANAVITA Kim is a Filipino-Korean working mother who teaches English and Spanish at her own Kongbu-bang in Suwon City, South Korea. Hyejin is the name of her one and only daughter.
 

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