Let's learn about "혹시 모르니까"

혹시 모르니까 : just in case

ex)

A. 혹시 모르니까. 우산 가지고 가거라 : Just in case. Take your umbrella with you

B. 네. 엄마. 알았어요 : Yes, ma'am. Okay

[other expressions]

- 혹시 모르니까. (to younger people or friends)

- 혹시 모르니까요. (honourific by '-요')

- 혹시 모르겠으니까? (to younger people or friends)

- 혹시 모르겠으니까요? (honourific by '-요')

[explanations]

* 혹시[或是] (1) [=어쩌면] possibly; by some possibility; maybe; by (some) chance (2) [=행여나] if; [걱정하여] lest ‥ should ‥; for fear of ‥[that ‥ may ‥]

- 혹시 집에 계신가 하고 : on the chance that I may find you at home

- 혹시 그럴지도 모른다 : It may be so

- 혹시 그를 만날 수 있을까 해서 그의 사무실을 찾아갔다 : I called at his office on the (off-)chance that I might be able to see him

- 혹시 내가 못 가면 혼자 가 주십시오 : Please go alone, if by any chance I cannot go

- 혹시 런던에서 그를 만나면 안부나 전해 주시오 : If you happen to see him in London, give my best regards

- 자네가 그를 만나게 되면, 내가 만나고 싶어한다고 전해 주게 : If by (any) chance you should see him, tell him I want to see him

- 혹시 …하지나 않을까 하여 : for fear of ‥[that ‥ may ‥]

- 혹시 그것을 보시지 않으셨습니까 : I was wondering if you might have seen it. / Did you happen to see it?

- 그가 집에 있으리라고는 생각하지 않았지만 혹시나 하고 전화를 걸어 보았다 : I did not expect him to be home, but I called just in case

- 혹시나 하고 생각한 것이 사실이 되었다 : A possibility has become an actuality. / What I feared has come to pass

- 혹시 남이 보지 않을까 하고 그는 나무 뒤에 숨어 있었다 : He hid (himself) behind a tree for fear that he should be seen [lest he should be seen]

* 모르다 : don't know

* 모르겠다 : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -겠(one's conjecture) + -다(a non-honourific descriptive basic verb ending suffix)

* 모르니까 : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -니까(because)

* 모르겠으니까 : 모르겠(the stem of 모르겠다) + -니까(because)

* -니까 : an emphatic word of -니; (1) [강조] thus; so; I say; I tell you (2) 이유·원인] now that; since; because; due to

- 괜찮다니까 : You needn't do it, I tell you!

- 싫다니까 : I tell you I don't like it

- 네가 그렇게 말하니까 : now that you say so ‥.

- 그는 개를 무서워하니까 : 검둥이를 보자 도망쳐 버렸다 Being afraid of dogs, he ran away at the sight of Blackie

- 식사 준비가 다 된 모양이니까 식당으로 가십시다 : As the meal seems to be all ready, let's go along to the dining room

- 오늘은 토요일이니까 일찍 돌아오겠다 : I'll be back home earlier than usual because it is Saturday today

* 모르니까요 : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -니까(because) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 모르겠으니까요 : 모르겠(the stem of 모르겠다) + -니까(because) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)