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Just So You Know 혹시
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You want to ask a small favour without sounding abrupt: 혹시 지금 괜찮아요? Fixed words like 혹시 can soften a question; a phrase like 고마워요 lets gratitude come through. These little choices help a useful sentence sound like a real exchange.
hoksi chinguege jeonhwahaedo doelkkayo?
Would it be okay if I called my friend?
Hint · 힌트
에게 (“to”) is doing real grammatical work here, marking who’s receiving the call, and it gets its own note later. Until then, just spot it on sight: [person] + 에게 means the action is directed at them.
deokbune imeire dapjanghaesseoyo.
Thanks to you, I replied to the email.
hoksina neujeulkka bwa meonjeo munjareul bonaesseoyo.
I sent a text ahead in case I might be late.
deokbune jal jinaesseoyo.
Thanks to you, I've been doing well.
hoksi sigan isseoyo?
Do you have time, by any chance?
In Real Life
혹시 doesn’t map onto one English word. Dropping it in front of a question softens the ask, closer to how English tacks on “by any chance” before something that might be a little presumptuous. Leave it off and the same question just sounds blunter, not wrong, just more direct.
gakgak ireumi dallayo.
Each one's name is different.
More Words in Context
hoksi jamkkan butak hana deuryeodo doelkkayo?
Could I ask you for a quick favor?
hoksina haeseo jeonhwabeonhoreul jeojanghaesseoyo.
I saved the phone number just in case.
sasil amugeona gwaenchanayo.
Actually, anything is fine.
amuraedo neujeul geot gatayo. eojjaetdeun meonjeo gaseyo.
I think I'll be late. Anyway, go ahead first.
geunajeona munjaneun bonaesseoyo?
By the way, did you send the text?
amuteun daechung hwaginhaesseoyo.
Anyway, I gave it a rough check.
gwaenhi mak geokjeonghaesseoyo. ttakhi munjeneun eopseosseoyo.
I worried for no reason. There wasn't really a problem.
Vocabulary
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
imeil | |
sigan | time |
jeonhwa | phone call |
dapjang | a reply |
munja | text message |
beonho | number |
jeojanghada | to save (a contact, a file) |
butak | favor, request |
jamkkan | a moment |
amuraedo | I guess, most likely |
sasil | actually, the truth is |
amugeona | anything, whatever (you choose) |
hoksina | just in case, on the off chance |
eojjaetdeun | anyway, regardless |
geunajeona | anyway, by the way |
amuteun | anyway, in any case |
daechung | roughly, approximately |
gwaenhi | for no reason, needlessly |
mak | just, casually (intensifier) |
ttakhi | particularly, specifically (with negative) |
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