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Korean expression

끝낼게요

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What does 끝낼게요 mean?

끝낼게요 means "I’ll wrap it up." in Korean.

How it works here

끝낼게요 combines 끝내다 with -ㄹ게요 to express the speaker’s intention to finish.

Dictionary form

끝내다

To finish or bring an activity or state to an end.

끝내다 is transitive and expresses actively bringing something to an end. -ㄹ게요 adds the speaker’s intention or promise.

When it's used

Used when announcing that the speaker will intentionally stop and finish at this point.

The line

자, 끝낼게요 그냥

All right, I’ll wrap it up, just.

A statement that the speaker will stop progressing and finish the current stage.

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More examples

  1. 오늘 안에 보고서를 끝낼게요.

    I’ll finish the report by today.

  2. 이 문제는 내가 먼저 끝낼게.

    I’ll finish this problem first.

Quick check

What does this mean here?

끝낼게요

자, 끝낼게요 그냥

  • That someone else will be the one to finish it later
  • That it will be started over from the beginning
  • That there will be a short break before continuing
  • To finish or bring an activity or state to an end
Show the answer

To finish or bring an activity or state to an end

끝내다 is transitive and expresses actively bringing something to an end. -ㄹ게요 adds the speaker’s intention or promise.

Other words in this line

그냥
Just; as it is

Same expression in other scenes

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