Would you marry me? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of 저랑 결혼해 주실래요?
• 저랑 (jeorang): 저 means “I” in a humble way, and 랑 is an informal particle meaning “with,” so together it means “with me.”
• 결혼해 (gyeolhonhae): This comes from 결혼하다 (“to marry”). 결혼해 is the casual, conjugated form meaning “marry” (command/request form).
• 주실래요? (jusillaeyo?): Derived from 주다 (“to give”) combined with an honorific and tentative ending, it forms a polite way to ask “would you…?” In this context it implies “Would you do me the favor of marrying [me]?”

Tips to remember:
• Recognize that 저랑 emphasizes “with me” as the subject, making the proposal personal and humble.
• 결혼해 is simply the verb 결혼하다 in a casual imperative form, so once you learn regular verbs you can replace 결혼하다 with another verb and follow a similar pattern.
• 주실래요? is a polite yet soft request form; memorizing this ending helps in forming other polite invitations or requests.

Alternate expressions for “Would you marry me?” with similar levels of politeness include:
• 나랑 결혼해 줄래? (Narang gyeolhonhae jullae?) – an informal version using 나랑 (“with me”) and 줄래 instead of 주실래요.
• 저와 결혼해 주실래요? (Jeowa gyeolhonhae jusillaeyo?) – very similar to the original, using 저와 instead of 저랑 for a slightly more formal tone.
• 혼인하실래요? (Honinhasillaeyo?) – a more formal alternative using 혼인하다 (“to wed”) in an honorific question form.

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