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A/V-(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다 · -(으)ㄴ/는 줄 알았다 — I never expected … · I thought …, but … — surprises and mistaken beliefs
I never expected … · I thought …, but … — surprises and mistaken beliefs. Korean grammar for intermediate learners — Level 3A, lesson 3: 비가 이렇게 올 줄 몰랐어요 (I didn't know it would rain this much — weather and surprise).
What it means
-(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다 means 'I didn't know (expect) that … would …': something happened that you never imagined, so it is the natural way to show surprise — 비가 이렇게 많이 올 줄 몰랐어요. -(으)ㄴ/는 줄 알았다 means 'I thought that …', and almost always that you were wrong: 오늘 수업이 없는 줄 알았어요 (I thought there was no class today — but there was). 줄 is a noun here, so the word in front takes a modifier: -(으)ㄹ 줄 for something still to come (올 줄, 많을 줄), -는 줄 for verbs happening now (하는 줄, 없는 줄), -(으)ㄴ 줄 for verbs that have already happened and for adjectives (그친 줄, 괜찮은 줄), and 인 줄 for nouns (휴가인 줄). The other two combinations work too: -(으)ㄹ 줄 알았다 is 'I knew it would …' (비가 올 줄 알았어요 — 그래서 우산을 가져왔어요), and -(으)ㄴ/는 줄 몰랐다 is 'I didn't know that …' (마크 씨가 아픈 줄 몰랐어요). Don't mix it up with -(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다 (Lesson 2A-10), 'know how to': 수영할 줄 알아요 is a skill; 비가 올 줄 몰랐어요 is a surprise. A clue: today's grammar is nearly always in the past — 알았어요, 몰랐어요. 알고 also links to the next sentence: 축제를 하는 줄 알고 한강에 갔어요 (thinking the festival was on, I went to the river).
Forms
| Pattern | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐어요 | 놀람 — 생각하지 못한 일 | 많다 + 을 줄 → 많을 줄 몰랐어요 |
| -(으)ㄴ/는 줄 알았어요 | 잘못 생각한 것 | 없다 (지금) + 는 줄 → 없는 줄 알았어요 |
Key points
- A/V-(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐어요 = I never expected that … would …: 받침 → 을 줄 (많을 줄 · 추울 줄) · no 받침 or ㄹ → ㄹ 줄 (올 줄 · 길 줄)
- -(으)ㄴ/는 줄 알았어요 = I thought …, but I was wrong: verbs now -는 줄 (없는 줄) · verbs in the past and adjectives -(으)ㄴ 줄 (그친 줄 · 괜찮은 줄) · nouns 인 줄 (휴가인 줄). Not the know-how of 수영할 줄 알아요 (Lesson 2A-10).
Examples
- -(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐어요: 생각하지 못한 일이 생겼을 때 놀라서 말해요. 비가 이렇게 많이 올 줄 몰랐어요.
- -(으)ㄴ/는 줄 알았어요: 그렇게 생각했는데 사실은 아니었을 때 말해요. 오늘 수업이 없는 줄 알았어요.
- 동사(지금) -는 줄 · 동사(과거)와 형용사 -(으)ㄴ 줄 · 명사 인 줄: 하는 줄 · 그친 줄 · 바쁜 줄 · 휴가인 줄.
- -(으)ㄹ 줄 알았어요 = 「그렇게 될 거라고 생각했어요」: 비가 올 줄 알았어요. 그래서 우산을 가져왔어요.
- 2A 10과의 「수영할 줄 알아요」는 방법을 아는 것 — 오늘 문법과 뜻이 달라요.
Where university textbooks teach it
This point also appears in: Seoul National University Korean 3A, lesson 3; Yonsei University Korean 2-2, lesson 18; Sogang University Korean 3B, lesson 6; Sogang University Korean 4B, lesson 1; Ewha Womans University Korean 3-1, lesson 3; Hongik University Korean 3B, lesson 7; Hanyang University Korean 3-2, lesson 9; Hanyang University Korean 3-2, lesson 12.
Also in this lesson
- A/V-(으)ㄹ 텐데 — it will probably …, so … — a guess, then advice, a question, a worry or a wish
- A-(으)냐고 · V-느냐고 · N(이)냐고 하다 · 묻다 — passing on a question — he asked if …, she asked where …
- A-(으)ㄴ가 보다 · N인가 보다 — it seems … · … must be … — a guess from a clue (adjectives and nouns)