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-(으)ㄹ걸 (그랬다)

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(informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate a guess or assumption.

Meaning

  1. 1

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate a guess or assumption.

    (두루낮춤으로) 미루어 짐작하거나 추측함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

  2. 2

    (informal addressee-lowering) A sentence-final ending used to indicate a small sense of remorse for or regret about something.

    (두루낮춤으로) 어떤 일에 대해 가벼운 뉘우침이나 아쉬움을 나타내는 종결 어미.

Example sentences

  • I won't go the way you want, you know.

  • The shot probably won't hurt much.

  • It's probably pretty cold in America by now too.

  • If I were a guy, I'd probably choose pretty Jisu too.

  • I think Seunggyu's birthday is earlier than Minjun's, isn't it?

  • If you give advice, you might just end up making your friend hate you, you know.