2025-05-27

Let's learn about "전화 드리려던 참이었어요"

전화 드리려던 참이었어요 : I was just going to call you; I was just about to give you a call; I was just thinking of calling you.

* 지금 막 ~하려고 하다 : be about to

ex)

A. 넌 왜 한 번도 전화를 안 해? : How come you never call me?

B. 지금 막 전화하려고 했어 : I was just about to give you a call.

A. 잘도 그랬겠다 : Yeah right

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 전화 할려던 참이었다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 할려던 참이었네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 할려던 참이었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화 걸려던 참이었다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 걸려던 참이었네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 걸려던 참이었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화 하려는 참이었다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 하려는 참이었네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 하려는 참이었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화 걸려는 참이었다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 걸려는 참이었네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 걸려는 참이었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화 하려고 했다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 하려고 했네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 하려고 했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화 걸려고 했다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 걸려고 했네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전화 걸려고 했어. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 전화 할려던 참이었네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화 할려던 참이었어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 전화 걸려던 참이었네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화 걸려던 참이었어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 전화 하려는 참이었네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화 하려는 참이었어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 전화 걸려는 참이었네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화 걸려는 참이었어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 전화 하려고 했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화 하려고 했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 전화 걸려고 했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화 걸려고 했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 전화 드리려던 참이었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 전화 드리려는 참이었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 전화 드리려고 했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 전화 : [電話] a telephone; a phone; a phone call;  a ring; a cell phone; a mobile phone

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

* 하다 : (1) do (2) dial in the sentence

* 걸다 : (1) [=매달다] hang ; hook(걸쇠에); suspend; put up; set up (2) [=잠그다] lock; fasten; turn a key; bar[bolt] (3) bet; stake (4) speak to; talk to (5) [=전화를 걸다] make a phone call
- 영어로 말을 걸다 : talk to[address] in English

* 전화하다 = 전화를 하다 = 전화를 걸다 : call someone by one’s phone

* 할려던 : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -ㄹ contracted into 할) +  -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense)

* 걸려던 : 걸(the stem of 걸다; 걸 + -ㄹ contracted into 걸) +  -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -려던(on the point of)

* 주다 : (1) give (2) dial in the sentence

* 드리다 : an honourific word of 주다

* 드릴려던 : 드리(the stem of 드리다; 리 + -ㄹ contracted into 릴) +  -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -려던(on the point of)

* -으려던 / -려던 : (1) An expression used to indicate that the act with an intention or purpose is stopped or changed to another act: 어떤 행동을 할 의도나 의지가 있었으나 그렇게 하지 못하거나 마음이 바뀌게 됨을 나타내는 표현 (2) An expression used to indicate that something that is about to happen is stopped or changed in the middle: 앞으로 어떤 일이 일어날 것 같았으나 그렇게 되지 못하거나 중단됨을 나타내는 표현

* 하려는 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -려는(one has the intention to do)

* 걸려는 : 걸(the stem of 걸다) + -려는(one has the intention to do)

* 드리려는 : 드리(the stem of 드리다) + -려는(one has the intention to do)

* -으려는 / -려는 : (1) An expression used to indicate that one has the intention or purpose to do a certain act: 어떤 행위를 할 의도나 목적이 있음을 나타내는 표현 (2) An expression used to indicate that something is likely to happen soon: 곧 어떤 일이 일어날 것 같음을 나타내는 표현

* 참 : [=찰나·순간] the instance; the moment; the time
- …하려는 참에 : just as[when] one is about to / the moment one is going to / on the point of
- 너를 부르러 사람을 보내려던 참이었다 : I was just on the point of sending for you

* 이다 : be
* 이었다 : past tense of 이다 by '-었-'

* 참이었습니다 : 참 + 이었(the stem of 이었다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific declarative verb ending suffix)

* 하려고 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -으리고/-려고(A connective ending used to indicate that one has an intention or desire of doing a certain act: 어떤 행동을 할 의도나 욕망을 가지고 있음을 나타내는 연결 어미)

* 걸려고 : 걸(the stem of 걸다) + -으리고/-려고(A connective ending used to indicate that one has an intention or desire of doing a certain act: 어떤 행동을 할 의도나 욕망을 가지고 있음을 나타내는 연결 어미)

* 하다 : do

* -으려고 하다 / -려고 하다 : (1) An expression used to indicate that one has the intention or wish to do the act mentioned in the preceding statement: 앞말이 나타내는 행동을 할 의도나 의향이 있음을 나타내는 표현 (2) An expression used to indicate that the incident mentioned in the preceding statement is likely to happen or begin soon: 앞말이 나타내는 일이 곧 일어날 것 같거나 시작될 것임을 나타내는 표현

* 했습니다 : 했(the stem of 했다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific declarative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +-습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스' / '-ㅂ'

* 지금 : now

* 막 : [=방금] just; just[right] at the moment; just now
- 막 …하려 하다 : be about to / be ready to / be on the point[edge / verge] of
- 막 시작하다 : be going[about] / begin

* 전화하려고 했다 : I was going to call you

* 넌 : a short form of 너는
* 너 / 니 : you (non-honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 너 / 니 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 왜 : why

* 한 : one
* 번 : [番] [=횟수] a time

* 한 번 : one time
* 두 번 : two times
* 세 번 : three times
* 네 번 : four times
* 다섯 번 : five times [Pronunciation: 다섣 뻔]
* 여섯 번 : six times [Pronunciation: 여섣 뻔]
* 일곱 번 : seven times [Pronunciation: 일곱 뻔]
* 여덟 번 : eight times [Pronunciation: 여덜 뻔]
* 아홉 번 : nine times [Pronunciation: 아홉 뻔]
* 열 번 : ten times [Pronunciation: 열 뻔]

* -도 : [양보] even; without so much as
- 지금도 : even now
- 원숭이도 나무에서 때때로 떨어진다 : Even monkeys fall from trees occasionally
- 그는 고맙다는 말도 없이 그것을 받았다 : He took it without so much as saying " Thank you."
- 그것은 어린아이라도 안다 : It is intelligible even to a child

* 전화 : [電話] a telephone; a phone; a phone call;  a ring; a cell phone; a mobile phone

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

* 안 : this is equal to "not" in English

* 하다 : (1) do (2) dial in the sentence

* 해? : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 잘도 : this is often used as a sarcastic language; in the case of "잘도" use irony.
- 니가 잘도 하겠다 : On the surface, "You can do it". but this means, that is to say,  the real meaning is, "You think you can do it? You're not gonna make it."

* 그러하다 / 그리하다 / 그렇다 : [Pronunciation: 그럳타] be so; be such

* 그랬다 : past tense of 그렇다; ㅎ erased before 었 and 러 + -었 contracted into 랬

* 그랬겠다 : 그랬(the stem of 그랬다) + -겠(one's conjecture) + -다(a non-honourific declarative basic verb ending suffix)

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