-(으)ㄹ까요?
Quick answer: -(으)ㄹ까요? means shall we? — suggesting, or asking what the other wants.
How to form it
No final consonant → -ㄹ까요? · final consonant → -을까요? · 보다 → 볼까요?
In Korean: 받침 X → -ㄹ까요? 받침 O → -을까요? 보다 → 볼까요?
What to know
This asks the other person to decide with you. It is softer than saying what you will do, and Korean speakers use it constantly when arranging anything — start here rather than with 합시다.
Examples
- 같이 영화 볼까요?Shall we see a film together?
- 토요일에 만날까요?Shall we meet on Saturday?
- 뭐 먹을까요?What shall we eat?
Where it's taught
HanDa Level 1 (TOPIK I), Lesson 22: 같이 영화 볼까요? — Shall we see a film?. Also in the Level 1 book.
Learned in the same lesson: -(으)ㅂ시다.
Practise -(으)ㄹ까요? out loud
In the HanDa app this is Level 1, Lesson 22 — drills, a speaking check and an AI teacher that corrects what you say. Free for 7 days.