day 3maybe, maybe not

maybe, maybe not

Pass on news, orders and invitations with -는대요, -래요 and -재요, and say how sure you are: maybe, surely, no way, somehow.

today’s words

• 마음에 들다 maeume deulda · like, be pleased with
• 결코 gyeolko · never, (not) by any means
• 과연 gwayeon · indeed, as expected; I wonder
• 도무지 domuji · (not) at all, utterly
• 도저히 dojeohi · (cannot) possibly
• 뜻밖 tteutbak · unexpected (뜻밖의)
• 뜻밖에 tteutbakke · unexpectedly
• 마치 machi · just like, as if
• 분명 bunmyeong · clearly, surely
• 설마 seolma · surely not, no way
• 실제 silje · actually, in reality
• 십상 sipsang · (-기 십상이다) be likely to
• 아마도 amado · probably, perhaps
• 아무래도 amuraedo · it looks like, I think after all
• 어쩌다 eojjeoda · by chance, somehow
• 어쩌면 eojjeomyeon · maybe, possibly
• 어쩐지 eojjeonji · no wonder; somehow
• 예감 yegam · hunch, feeling
• 왠지 waenji · somehow, for some reason
• 우연 uyeon · chance, coincidence
• 의외 uioe · surprising, unexpected

sentences

• 민준 씨가 오피스텔로 이사했대요. · Apparently Minjun has moved into an officetel.
• 현우 과장님이 화요일에 만나재요. · Hyunwoo wants to meet on Tuesday.
• 아주머니가 우산을 꼭 가져가래요. · Mrs Choi says to make sure I take an umbrella.
• 길에서 뜻밖에 옛 친구를 만났어요. 이런 우연이 있네요! · I ran into an old friend in the street. What a coincidence!
• 서두르면 실수하기 십상이에요. · If you rush, you’re bound to make mistakes.