Example Sentences#

1. 분명 네가 포도를 세 개씩 먹었을 거야.”¹
   I’m sure you ate the grapes three at a time.”

   • 거 is a contracted form of 것, a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, often used with modifiers to nominalize the preceding clause or phrase.
   • 이다 is the verb ‘to be’, and 야 is its casual conjugated form used in informal speech.
   • The pattern 었을 것이다 is used to express strong speculation or assumption about a past event.

2. 그래서 넌 분명히 세 개씩 먹었을 거야.”¹
   So you surely must have eaten three at a time.”

   • 거 is a contracted form of 것, a bound noun meaning ‘thing’, often used with modifiers to nominalize the preceding clause or phrase.
   • 이다 is the verb ‘to be’, and 야 is its casual conjugated form used in informal speech.
   • The pattern 었을 것이다 is used to express strong speculation or assumption about a past event.