badage muri isseoseo neomeojil ppeonhaesseoyo.

subject particle

Breakdown of badage muri isseoseo neomeojil ppeonhaesseoyo.

• 물: water
• ~에: location particle
• 있다: to exist

Questions & Answers about badage muri isseoseo neomeojil ppeonhaesseoyo.

What does -을/ㄹ 뻔했어요 mean here?

-을/ㄹ 뻔하다 means to almost do something or to be on the verge of doing something.

So 넘어질 뻔했어요 means I almost fell.

A few important points:

• It is used for something that nearly happened but did not actually happen.
• It often describes a close call, especially something negative or accidental.

Examples:

• 늦을 뻔했어요. = I was almost late.
• 휴대폰을 잃어버릴 뻔했어요. = I almost lost my phone.

In this sentence, the speaker is saying that because there was water on the floor, they nearly fell.

Why is it 넘어질 뻔했어요 and not 넘어졌어요?

Because the sentence is specifically saying the person did not fall.

• 넘어졌어요 = I fell.
• 넘어질 뻔했어요 = I almost fell.

The verb stem is 넘어지- from 넘어지다 (to fall down), and before 뻔하다, you use the future/attributive form:

• 넘어지다 → 넘어질 → 넘어질 뻔했어요

So this pattern is not simple past tense. It expresses a near event that failed to happen.

What does 있어서 mean here, and how is it working in the sentence?