2019-10-15

Let’s learn about "그럴 줄 알았어" from Naver Portal

1. When you want to say "My guess was right", you can say "그럴 줄 알았어”, “거봐, 내가 뭐랬어”.


2. The above can be expressed like these in Korean.


1) Without honorific to the youngwr or the same age friendly.


- 그럴 줄 알았다.

- 그럴 줄 알았어.

- 그럴 줄 알았네.


* 그럴 거라 is a short form of 그럴 것이라


- 그럴 거라 생각했다.

- 그럴 거라 생각했어.

- 그럴 거라 생각했네.


- 그럴 것이라 생각했다.

- 그럴 것이라 생각했어.

- 그럴 것이라 생각했네.


- 거봐, 내가 뭐랬어.

- 거봐, 내가 뭐랬냐.

- 거봐, 내가 뭐랬나.

- 거봐, 내가 뭐랬니.


2) With a little honorific regardless of age.


- 그럴 줄 알았어요.

- 그럴 거라 생각했어요.

- 그럴 것이라 생각했어요.


* You should not use 네요 if you can because 네요 has a sarcastic feeling.


- 그럴 줄 알았네요.

- 그럴 거라 생각했네요.

- 그럴 것이라 생각했네요.


- 거봐요. 제가 뭐랬어요.

- 거봐요. 저가 뭐랬어요.


- 거봐요. 제가 뭐랬습니까?

- 거봐요. 저가 뭐랬습니까?


3) With honorific to the very elder.


- 그럴 줄 알았습니다.

- 그럴 거라고 생각했습니다.

- 그럴 것이라고 생각했습니다.


3. The above can be translated like these in English.


- It figures.

- My guess was right.

- I Knew it.

- It turned out I was right.

- I told you.

- I told you so

- told you so.


4. Dialogue of the above


<A person> 제임스가 우릴 배반했다는게 탄로났어 : It turned out James was a traitor.


<B person> 그럴 줄 알았어. 그에게서 뭔가 수상한 냄새가 나더라니까 : I knew it. I knew there was something fishy about him.


5. Explanation of the above


• 배반[背反·背叛] (1) [=저버림] (a) betrayal; (a) perfidy (2) [=반역] rebellion; revolt; (an act of) treachery

• 배반하다 : (1) [=약속을 깨다] betray ; play false[foul]; sell ; double-cross (2) [=변절하다] change front; turn one's coat (3) turn traitor; revolt[rebel]

• 수상[殊常]하다 or 수상스럽다 : be strange; be mysterious; be questionable; be dubious; be doubtful; be unreliable; be suspicious; be suspicious-looking; be shady; be fishy; be queer

- 수상한 사람 : a suspicious(-looking) person / a dubious[suspicious] character / a questionable[shady] character

- 수상한 소문 : disturbing rumors / a scandal.

• 수상[首相] : the prime minister; the premier; the chancellor(독일의)

• 수상[受賞]하다 : win[receive] a prize; be awarded a prize

• 냄새 : (1) (a) smell; (an) odor; (a) scent; [=방향] perfume; aroma; fragrance; [=악취] a stench; a stink; reek (2) [=느낌·티] a smack; a flavor; an odor


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