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📀 Korean Grammar -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다/알았다 📀

💡 Example conversation (1): A: 민수 씨, 왜 숙제를 안 했어요? B: 숙제가 있었어요? 저는 숙제가 있는 줄 몰랐어요. 숙제가 없는 줄 알았어요.

A: Minsu, why didn't you do your homework? B: Did we have homework? I didn't know I had homework. I thought I didn't have any homework.

💡 Example conversation (2): A: 은혜 씨 남자친구 봤어요? 정말 멋있던데요. B: 은혜 씨 남자친구 있어요? 저는 은혜 씨 남자친구가 있는 줄 몰랐어요. 남자친구가 없는 줄 알았는데요.

A: Have you seen Eunhye's boyfriend? He's really cool. B: Eunhye has a boyfriend? I didn't know she had a boyfriend. I thought she didn't have a boyfriend.

💡 How to use this grammar: The grammar -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다 is used to end a clause stating something the speaker was not aware of or did not anticipate. (I did not know...)

The grammar -(으)ㄴ/는/(으)ㄹ 줄 알았다 is used to end a clause stating that the speaker had assumed something to be the case, but the assumption turned out to be incorrect. (I thought...)

💡 How to conjugate adjectives, verbs and nouns: Adjectives: - Past (assumption): -(으)ㄴ 줄 몰랐다/알았다 - Future (prediction): -(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다/알았다 Verbs: - Past (assumption): -(으)ㄴ 줄 몰랐다/알았다 - Present (assumption): -는 줄 몰랐다/알았다 - Future (prediction): -(으)ㄹ 줄 몰랐다/알았다 Danh từ: - Past (assumption): -이었/였는 줄 몰랐다/알았다 - Present (assumption): -인 줄 몰랐다/알았다 - Future (prediction): -일 줄 몰랐다/알았다

💡 Additional examples: 앤디 씨가 오늘 학교에 온 줄 알았어요. 학교에 오지 않은 줄 몰랐어요. I thought Andy came to school today. I didn't know he didn't come to school.

바람이 많이 불어서 날씨가 추운 줄 알았어요. 그런데 밖에 나오니까 춥지 않아요. I thought the weather was cold because it was windy. But it's not cold outside.

저는 주영 씨가 중국 사람인 줄 몰랐어요. 한국 사람인 줄 알았어요. I didn't know JuYoung was Chinese. I thought she was Korean.

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