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Verb, Adjective + ㄹ까 봐 / 을까 봐
ㄹ까 봐 - if a word ends in a vowel or ㄹ, 을까 봐 - if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ)
The Korean grammar structure -ㄹ까 봐 / -을까 봐 is used to express concern or fear that something may happen.
See examples,
친구가 화낼까 봐 솔직하게 말하지 못했어요.
Korean
친구
화내다
솔직하다
말하다
English
friend
to get angry
to be honest
to say
I couldn’t speak honestly because I was afraid my friend might get angry.
친구가 화내+ㄹ까 봐 솔직하게 말하지 못하+였+어요.
선생님이 실망할까 봐 열심히 공부했어요.
Korean
선생님
실망하다
열심히
공부하다
English
teacher
to be disappointed
hard
to study
I studied hard because I was afraid the teacher might be disappointed.
선생님이 실망하+ㄹ까 봐 열심히 공부하+였+어요.
살이 찔까 봐 많이 안 먹어요.
Korean
살이 찌다
많이
안
먹다
English
to gain weight
a lot
not
to eat
I don't eat much because I'm afraid I'll gain weight.
살이 찌+ㄹ까 봐 많이 안 먹어요.
코로나에 걸릴까 봐 마스크를 썼어요.
Korean
코로나
걸리다
마스크
쓰다
English
COVID-19
to get sick
mask
to used
I wore a mask because I was afraid I might catch COVID-19.
코로나에 걸리+ㄹ까 봐 마스크를 쓰+었+어요.
Quick reference (click to open)
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).