-(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 것 같다
neun/(eu)n/(eu)l geot gatda
Grammar · 1 sense
it seems, I think
Examples
이 식당이 더 나은 것 같아요.
I think this restaurant is better.
오후에는 비가 올 것 같아요.
It looks like it'll rain this afternoon.
When you'd hear it
Common in polite everyday conversation, including comments about what seems likely and cautious opinions. It also appears frequently in dramas, workplace speech, and informal writing, with the ending changed to match the speaker’s level of politeness.
What learners get wrong
The softest of the guesses, and the one Koreans reach for constantly to avoid sounding too certain - even about their own opinion. The shape carries the tense: -(으)ㄴ 것 같다 for a past verb or a present adjective, -는 것 같다 for a present verb, -(으)ㄹ 것 같다 for something still ahead. 비가 온 것 같아요, 비가 오는 것 같아요, 비가 올 것 같아요.
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