-아/어 줄게요 / 줄까요?
Used when the speaker offers to perform an action for the listener's benefit.
Summary
Equivalent
I will do ~ for you / Shall I do ~ for you?
Also: -아/어 드릴게요 (I will do it for you - honorific)
Example
I will open the door for you.
제가 문을 열어 줄게요.
Grammar rules
- Use '-아/어 줄게요' to state your intention to do a favor ('I will do ~ for you').
- Use '-아/어 줄까요?' to ask if the listener wants you to do a favor ('Shall I do ~ for you?').
- If the listener is older/higher status, use '-아/어 드릴게요' or '-아/어 드릴까요?'.
- Only used with action verbs, never with adjectives.
제가 예뻐 줄게요 (X) -> 제가 도와줄게요. (O) (I will help you.)
Patterns
Verbs with 'ㅏ' or 'ㅗ'
Future/Offer · Verb Stem + 아 줄게요/줄까요
Verbs with other vowels
Future/Offer · Verb Stem + 어 줄게요/줄까요
하다 Verbs
Future/Offer · 해 줄게요/줄까요
Example sentences
I will open the door for you.
제가 문을 열어 줄게요.
Your bag looks heavy; shall I carry it for you?
가방이 무거워 보이는데 제가 들어 줄까요?
I will buy a present for my parents. (Honorific '드리다')
부모님께 선물을 사 드릴 거예요.
Conversation
A: It's raining, but I don't have an umbrella.
비가 오는데 우산이 없어요.
B: Shall I lend you mine?
제 우산을 빌려 줄까요?
Practice
Fill in the blank
Select the correct form to offer assistance.
Offering to make something.
Asking to help.