Breakdown of majimak jangmyeoneseo geunyeoui pyojeongeul bogo nado gati ul ppeonhaesseo.
Questions & Answers about majimak jangmyeoneseo geunyeoui pyojeongeul bogo nado gati ul ppeonhaesseo.
울 뻔했어 means I almost cried or I was on the verge of crying.
It comes from:
- 울다 = to cry
- -(으)ㄹ 뻔하다 = to almost do something / to nearly do something
So:
- 울 뻔하다 = to almost cry
- 울 뻔했어 = almost cried
The past tense here does not mean you actually cried. It means the near-event happened in the past: at that moment, you nearly cried.
Because the speaker is saying they did not actually cry.
- 울었다 = I cried
- 울 뻔했어 = I almost cried
This is an important difference. -(으)ㄹ 뻔하다 is used when something nearly happened but ultimately did not.