LEARN + KOREAN / Note 26 TOPIK I
Just So You Know (혹시)
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Not every lesson is a grammar rule. Some of the most useful pieces of Korean are small, fixed words that soften a question or carry gratitude, the kind of vocabulary that makes a sentence sound like a person said it instead of a textbook.
In Real Life
에게 (“to”) is doing real grammatical work here, marking who’s receiving the call, and it gets its own full lesson later. Until then, just spot it on sight: [person] + 에게 means the action is directed at them.
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.
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) |