2022-10-10

Let's learn about "고칠게"

고칠게 : I'll change / I'll fix my habit

ex)

A. 넌 맨날 왜 문 열어놓고 다니냐? : Why do you always leave the door open?

B. 아! 내가 문 안 닫았나. 그 버릇 고칠게 : Oh! Did I not close the door? I'll change my habit

[other expressions]
- 고칠게. (to younger poeple or friends)
- 고칠게요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 고치겠습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]
* 내 : I (non-honourific word)
* 제 : I (honourific word)
* -가 : a suffix makes 내 / 제 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 고치다 : (1) (고장 난 물건 등을) repair, fix, mend (=수리하다)  (2) (병을) cure, heal, treat (3) (잘못·오류 등을) correct, cure (sb of sth)

* 버릇을 고치다 : cure sb of the habit (of); get sb out of a habit

* 나쁜 버릇을 고치다 : cure[break] sb of a bad habit

* 고칠게 : 고치(the stem of 고치다) + -ㄹ(a particle makes a verb future tense) + -게(one’s will)
* 고칠게요 : 고치(the stem of 고치다) + -ㄹ(a particle makes a verb future tense) + -게(one’s will) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 고치겠습니까? : 고치(the stem of 고치다) + -겠(one’s possibility) + -스(a particle makes a verb more honourific) + ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -ㄹ게 / -ㄹ게요 / -겠습니다: I will ~

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