Korean Grammar: I thought so

KIIP GRAMMAR NOTES

동사/형용사 + 을 줄 몰랐다/알랐다 = I didn't know that would happen / I thought that would happen

Important Breakdown

동사/형용사 + 을 = future tense

줄 = a fact (marker has been dropped)

모르다/알다 + 었다 = something you didn't know/knew in the past

An awkward, but more direct translation that helps in some cases:

• 난 너가 갈 줄 몰랐어요.        You were going is a fact I didn't know.
• 난 너가 갈 줄 알았어요.        You were going is a fact I knew.

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Korean Grammar: On the verge

KIIP GRAMMAR NOTES

동사 + (으)려던 참이다 or 동사 + (으)려고 하던 참이다 = I was just about too .....

Important Breakdown

려고 하다 = plan or intent
던 = something that happened in the past
참 + 이다 = The truth is

The most important part of this phrase is 동사 + (으)려던 which will be used independently of 참이다 and retain the same meaning.

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Korean Grammar: You can't make me!

KIIP GRAMMAR NOTES

 동사 + 게 하다 = To make someone do something

Important Variations

난 너에게 하게 해요.               I make you eat.

난 너에게 못 하게 해요.           I make you not eat.

난 너에게 하게 할 수 있다.       I can make you eat.

난 너에게 하게 할 수 없다.       I can't make you eat.

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