Grammar
-(으)ㄹ 예정이다
Meaning
Intermediateyejeongida
Marks something as planned but not yet done. Government announcements mix completed decisions and scheduled ones in the same paragraph, and this ending is the line between them — the deregulation measures above are decided, whereas the second investment package is only 내놓을 예정. Reading a 예정 clause as an accomplished fact overstates what has actually been settled.
Form
Verb stem + -(으)ㄹ 예정이다: -ㄹ 예정이다 after a vowel, -을 예정이다 after a consonant. 예정 is a noun meaning 'a plan', so the whole thing is literally 'is a scheduled ~'. In news it appears as 예정이다 in headlines and 예정입니다 in body text.
Examples
다음 달에 결과를 발표할 예정입니다.
The results are scheduled to be announced next month.
새 도서관은 내년 3월에 문을 열 예정입니다.
The new library is due to open in March next year.
Common mistakes & nuance
This is the line between decided and done. A government announcement will describe finished measures in the plain past and everything still ahead with 예정이다, and readers who miss the ending come away thinking a plan has already been carried out. It states a schedule, not a wish — it is not the word for something merely hoped for.
Similar grammar
- -(으)ㄹ 계획이다
예정 is a fixed schedule, often with a date attached. 계획 is an intention that may still change, so an agency uses 계획이다 when the timing is not settled.
- -(으)ㄹ 것이다
-(으)ㄹ 것이다 is a prediction or an intention and can be about anything. 예정이다 asserts that a schedule exists, which is why official notices prefer it.