Example Sentences#

1. 현우: 맞아, 사람이 너무 많아서 지하철도 몇 번이나 그냥 지나가고, 택시도 잘 안 잡혀서 늦을 뻔했어.¹
   Hyunwoo: Yeah, there were so many people that a bunch of subways just passed by, and taxis were hard to catch, so I was almost late.
   • 뻔 is a bound noun indicating that something almost happened but ultimately did not.
   • 하다 means ‘to do’.
   • -(으)ㄹ 뻔하다 is a grammar pattern expressing that something almost happened but ultimately did not occur.
   • -였- is a past tense marker.
   • -어 is a casual ending used in informal speech.