what does 올껀 mean?

[jenks8109]

Hi,
proud as I was to have learned a little bit korean with the help of this site, I wrote a short korean email to a friend. I understood most of the answer I got, but I have trouble translating one sentence:

한국에 놀러 올껀가요?

It has something to do with going to korea to have fun/to pay someone a visit, right? Can anybody give me a detailed translation of it? What is the grammar used here?

Thank you

[trutherous]

한국에 놀러 올건가요?

You got the gist of it.

Simply: 'Will you come visit Korea?' where 'visit' means for no other purpose than pleasure

Alternatively: 'Will you vacation in Korea?' where vacation means 'play' 'relax' 'enjoy'

While it is impossible to break Korean down to a word for word English translation, here is a more literal look at the sentence:

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한국-에       놀-러            올-건가요?
Korea-to      play-for        coming-it will be?

May 2012 be a great year for you and your study be enjoyable.

George/Younghoon - fellow student

[jenks8109]

Thank you very much! That answer helped me a lot!

[yeungoaingublog16539]

Thanks you very much