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Usage notes
나 보다(-na boda) and 을 것 같다(-eul geot gatda) both convey the speaker's assumption or guess. However, 나 보다(-na boda) is more restricted in its semantic scope and can only be used for a supposition (often about a present state) based on evidence gathered at the moment of speech, while 을 것 같다(-eul geot gatda) has a more subjective nuance. Thus 죽을 거 같아(jugeul geo gata) means "I feel like is going to die", often in a hyperbolic sense, while 죽나 보다(jungna boda) means "It seems that the is dying".
을 것이다(-eul geosida) also conveys an assumption or supposition, but with a much stronger sense of certitude than 을 것 같다(-eul geot gatda).
Conjugation
See 같다#Conjugation. As the subject of 같다 (gatda) is always 것 (geot), which can by definition never be honored, the honorific forms do not exist.