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Beginner Lesson S3
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12 Korean Hangul
Romanization
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Vocabulary 2
Grammar Points 3
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Korean Hangul
(1)정수 너 얼굴색이 안 좋아. 괜찮아?
(2)미희 응. 나 피곤해.
(3)정수 감기일지도 몰라. 약 먹어.
(4)미희 응. 그럴지도 몰라.
(5)정수 아니다. 너 설사일지도 몰라!... 너 죽을지도 몰라!!!
(6)미희 야!!! 너 나가!!!!

Romanization
(1)jeongsu neo eolgulsaek-i an joa. gwaenchana?
(2)mihui eung. na pigonhae.
(3)jeongsu gamgiiljido molla. yak meogeo.
(4)mihui eung. geureoljido molla.
(5)jeongsu anida. neo seolsa-iljido molla! neo jugeuljido molla!!
(8)mihui ya!!! neo naga!!!

English
(1)Jeongsu You don't look so well, are you all right?
(2)Mihui No... I'm tired.
(3)Jeongsu It might be a cold. Take some medicine.
(4)Mihui Yeah, it might be.
(5)Jeongsu No, you might have diarrhea! You might die!
2 (6)Mihui Hey!! Get out of here!!

Alternative Transcript
(the dialog in the standard politeness level)

(1)정수 너 얼굴색이 안 좋아. 괜찮아?

(2)미희 응. 나 피곤해.
(3)정수 감기일지도 몰라. 약 먹어.
(4)미희 응. 그럴지도 몰라.
(5)정수 아니다. 너 설사일지도 몰라!... 너 죽을지도 몰라!!!
(6)미희 야!!! 너 나가!!!!

Vocabulary
Hangul Romanization English Synonyms

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감기 gamgi cold
약 yak medicine, drug
피곤하다 pigonhada to be tired
죽다 jukda to die
나가다 nagada to go out
얼굴색 eolgulsaek complexion
설사 seolsa diarrhea

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

감기 때문에 머리가 아파요. I have a cold so I have a headache.
아픈데 약은 먹기 싫어요. I'm sick but I don't want to take medicine.
오늘 너무 피곤해요. I'm so tired today.
꽃이 죽었어요. The flower died.
지금 나가야 해요. I have to go out now.
얼굴색이 안 좋아요. 어디 아파요? You look pale. Are you not feeling well?

Grammar Points
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Grammar Point #1 - Might/Maybe - -ㄹ/을지도 모르다
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-ㄹ/을지도 모르다 (-l/euljido moreuda) is the grammatical structure used to express
probability or possibility about a present state or future action. This structure literally means "I
3 don't know either whether or not," and it is most commonly translated as "Subject + might +
verb." This structure is similar in meaning to -ㄹ/을 수도 있다 (-l/eul su-do itda).

▷ Construction
▶ Verb stem ending in a vowel + -ㄹ지도 모르다
- 가다 (gada - to go)
- 가 + ㄹ지도 모르다 = 갈지도 모르다
▷▷ 갈지도 몰라(요). (I might go.)

▶ Verb stem ending in a consonant + -을지도 모르다

- 없다 (eopda - to not have, to not be there)
- 없 + 을지도 모르다 = 없을지도 모르다
▷▷ 없을지도 몰라(요). (It might not be there.)

▶ Verb stem ending in the consonant ㄹ + -지도 모르다

- 풀다 (ulda - to cry)

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- 울 + 지도 모르다 = 울지도 모르다

▷▷ 울지도 몰라(요). (He might cry.)

▷ In This Dialog
(3)정수: 감기일지도 몰라.
(3)jeongsu: gamgiiljido molla.
(3)Jeongsu: It might be a cold.

(4)미희: 응. 그럴지도 몰라.

(4)mihui: eung. geureoljido molla.
(4)Mihui: Yeah, it might be.

(5)정수: 너 설사일지도 몰라! ... 너 죽을지도 몰라!!!

(5)jeongsu: anida. neo seolsa-iljido molla! neo jugeuljido molla!!
(5)Jeongsu: No, you might have diarrhea! You might die!

☞ remember ☜
In colloquial situations and most commonly when the speakers are talking in casual
language, 반말, the latter part, 몰라 is often dropped when what the speaker is saying is very
obvious and expected.

Ex)
그럴지도 몰라. ▷ 그럴지도.
아마 내일 비 올지도 몰라. ▷ 아마 내일 비 올지도.
4 ♣ More Examples ♣
1. 이쪽이 빠를지도 몰라요. [빠르다]
(ijjok-i ppareuljido mollayo)
- This way might be faster.

2. 내일 민경이 만날지도 몰라. [만나다]

(naeil mingyeong-i mannaljido molla)
- I might meet Mingyeong tomorrow.

3. 나 일 그만둘지도 몰라. [그만두다]

(na hoesa geumanduljido molla)
- I might quit my job.

4. 오늘 늦을지도 몰라요. [늦다]

(oneul neujeuljido mollayo)

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- I might be late today.

5. 그 사람이 내 결혼식이 올지도 몰라. [오다]

(geu saram-i nae gyeolhonsik-e oljido molla)
- He might come to my wedding.