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보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았어 : I just knew he was the one from the moment I saw him

[other expressions]

- 보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았다. (to younger people or friends)

- 보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았네. (to younger people or friends)

- 보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았어. (to younger people or friends)

- 보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 보는 순간 ‘아, 이 사람이다’라는 걸 알았습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)

* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; when this omitted, the sentence is more natural

* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted

* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted

* 보다 : see; look; watch

* 본 : (1) a short form of 보는 (2) past tense of 보다 by '-ㄴ'

* 보는 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb present tense and attributive)

* 순간 : [瞬間] a moment; a second; an instant

- 순간의 / 순간적인: momentary / instantaneous

- 순간적으로 : instantaneously / in a moment / in an instant / in a flash (of lightning)

- 한순간 : (for) an instant

- 그 순간에 : at that moment[instant]

- 극적인 순간 : a dramatic moment

- 그것은 순간에 일어난 일이었다 : It happened in an instant[a flash]

* 아! : oh

* : this

* 사람 : human being; person (non-honourific word)

* 분 : human being; person (honourific word)

* 이다 : be

* -라는 걸 : a short form of -라는 것을

* -라는 : (1) An expression used to quote someone while modifying the following noun (2) An expression used to quote a remark such as an order, request, etc., while modifying the following noun (3) An expression used to convey something newly heard or known to the listener with wonder

* 것 : a thing

* -을 : a particle makes 것 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* -를 : a particle makes 거 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* -라는 걸 = -라는 것을 : the new thinking that I known with wonder

* 알다 : know

* 알았다 : past tense of 알다 by '-았-'

* 알았습니다 : 알았(the stem of 알았다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -ㄴ다 / -네 / -어 / -아 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 / -아 + -요 : an honourific ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -십니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '시-' / '-ㅂ'