-(으)렷다
(eu)ryeotda
Grammar · 1 sense
Educated guess
Examples
그는 다시는 두말 못 하렷다.
He won't be complaining again.
지금쯤은 책을 다 읽었으렷다.
You must've finished the book by now.
눈어림으로 짐작하건대 아직 25살이 넘지 않으렷다.
Judging by his appearance, he can’t be more than 25.
When you'd hear it
This is highly old-fashioned and literary, appearing in historical dramas, older prose, and stylized formal speech. It is unusual among friends or in routine workplace conversation.
What learners get wrong
Do not treat it as a normal replacement for -겠-: -(으)렷다 gives a distinctly archaic or literary conjectural tone, while -겠- is common in modern guesses and predictions.
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