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LEVEL 5 LESSON 1
Welcome to Level 5!!! In the first lesson of Level 5, we are going to look at how to say that you almost did something or nearly did something. This is used both in situations where you wanted to do something (but only
almost did it) and in situations where you didnt want to do something and fortunately didnt do it but almost
did it.

Ex) I almost lost my keys.

Ex) I almost passed the exam!

Conjugation
Verb stem + -()
The word is a noun that describes nearly getting into a situation where something happens and in order to
use a verb with , you need to change the verb into the future tense conjugation and add after that.

Examples
[sa-da] = to buy

. [sal ppeon hae-sseo-yo.] = I almost bought it.

[mit-da] = to believe

. [mi-deul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.] = I almost believed it.

[ul-da] = to cry

[ul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.] = I almost cried.

Sample sentences
1. . [mu-seo-wo-seo ul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.]
= It was scary so I almost cried.
= I almost cried because I was scared.

2. . [mu-geo-wo-seo tteo-rreo-tteu-ril ppeon hae-sseo-yo.]

= It was heavy and I almost dropped it.

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LEVEL 5 LESSON 1
3. . [do-neul i-reul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.]
= I almost lost money.

4. . [ ju-geul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.]

= I almost died.

5. , . [gal ppeon haet-neun-de, an ga-sseo-yo.]

= I almost went there, but I didnt go.

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