A/V-(으)리라
surely …, I trust it will …
A guess or a conviction the speaker draws from what is in front of them: surely it will be so. It belongs to written Korean, appearing in reports, speeches and formal letters; in speech you would say -(으)ㄹ 것이다. Applied to yourself it reads as resolve: 꼭 해내리라.
접속 conjugation
- Stems ending in a vowel or ㄹ take -리라; consonant endings take -으리라: 오다 → 오리라 ／ 줄어들다 → 줄어들리라 ／ 좋다 → 좋으리라
- To guess about something already past, use -았/었으리라: 고생이 많았으리라
- It is commonly followed by 믿다, 생각하다 or 짐작하다: 잘 되리라 믿습니다
예문
EXAMPLES
지금처럼 준비하면 결과도 좋으리라 믿습니다.
If we keep preparing as we are now, I trust the result will be good too.from 2026.09.18 Fri the examples
이번 주 안에 문서로 정리해서 양쪽이 사인하시죠. 기준만 분명하면 현장의 불만도 줄어들리라 생각합니다.
Let's write it up this week and have both sides sign. Once the criteria are clear, I expect complaints on the floor will drop too.from 2026.09.18 Fri the business dialogue
오래 기다리셨으니 많이 지치셨으리라 생각합니다.
You've waited a long time, so you must be worn out.from 2026.09.19 Sat the examples
이 길을 걸어 본 사람이라면 그 마음을 알리라.
Anyone who has walked this road will surely know that feeling.from 2026.09.19 Sat the examples
하긴, 책에 '쓰지 않는 사물은 일 년만 지나면 다시 찾지 않으리라'라고 나와 있긴 하더라.
Fair enough. A book did say that anything you don't use, you'll never look for again after a year.from 2026.09.19 Sat the everyday dialogue
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