As I always make mistake with ㅔ and ㅐ, I always wondered why we use 겠 and not 갰, like in 알겠습니다.
Also, if there is any heuristic for ㅔ and ㅐ, please let me know.
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2I don't think an etymology is known, but "갰" doesn't appear in Standard Korean in any occasion.– IgnatiusOct 23, 2019 at 0:51
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1Note that ㅔ and ㅐ are also different sounds in strictly standard Korean, and they are still quite different outside the Seoul / Gyeonggi-do areas.– MichaelyusOct 23, 2019 at 10:12
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4갰 is used in 갰다, past tense for 개다 - to fold.– Jihyung KangOct 23, 2019 at 12:38
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1And though ㅔ and ㅐ should sound differently, even native Koreans can't tell differences between these two in everyday conversations. (They do know how to pronounce them differently, they just don't because it's a bit tedious) They are strictly differentiated in written languages, though; 네 means "your", and 내 means "my".– Jihyung KangOct 23, 2019 at 12:43
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2It has been said that -겠- came from the abbreviation for -게 ᄒᆞ엿- (reference).– KlmoOct 28, 2019 at 11:10
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'겠' came from '게 하여 있'. So the original form of '하겠다' is '하게 하여 있다'. Of course, the latter form is not actually used in modern Korean neither in written nor in spoken form.
