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Vocabulary
Nouns:
곡조 = tone, melody
일설 = one opinion, one account
연합 = alliance, coalition
궤도 = orbit
기존 = existing, established, current
방침 = policy, direction
회의장 = conference hall
창작자 = creator
형식적 = formal
비공식적 = unofficial
Verbs:
띄우다 = to launch, to send something off
퇴각하다 = to retreat
섭외하다 = to recruit, to cast
창작하다 = to create
숙달하다 = to master
주목받다 = to receive attention, to attract attention
Adjectives:
독특하다 = to be unique, to be distinctive
각별하다 = to be special
꼬장꼬장하다 = to be untidy, to look messy
Adverbs and Other Words:
고스란히 = intact, entirely
Introduction
In this lesson, you will learn a way to express your opinion on something that you have largely settled on as true. This grammatical principle is commonly used to describe what one figured must be the case, even though the fact has not yet been confirmed. In this lesson, you will learn about ~거니. Let’s get started.
~거니: Confident Assumption
You can attach ~거니 to verb and adjective stems to express a guess that the speaker has settled on as likely to be true. ~거니 is often used when explaining what the speaker assumed or expected to be true. ~거니 is commonly attached to ~겠 to indicate that the situation is somewhat of a guess. For example:
여자 친구가 그렇게 화가 났어도 내일이면 연락이 오겠거니 생각했어요
= Even though my girlfriend was that angry, I figured she’d contact me by tomorrow
In the example above, the speaker did not know this would happen for sure. However, they were confident enough in their conjecture to settle on it mentally. In a sense, it’s almost as if the speaker decided to take this assumption for granted.
As in the example above, ~거니 usually translates to something like:
I figured that…
Other common ways to translate these types of sentence are:
I was confident that…
I assumed that…
In Lesson 202, you learned about ~(으)려니 and how it is also used to indicate a guess from the speaker. While ~(으)려니 presents something as an assumption the speaker has made, ~거니 suggests that the speaker has settled on that assumption as likely to be true.
For example, check out the following two sentences and their differences in English translation:
그가 잘 하려니 생각했어요
= I assumed he’d do well (but maybe that was naïve)
그가 잘 하겠거니 생각했어요
= I was confident he’d do well
It is also possible to attach ~거니 to ~았/었~. This allows the speaker to indicate that they had settled on the assumption that something had already happened. For example:
회의는 비공식적이었으니 조용히 끝났거니 여겼어요
= I assumed it had ended quietly since it was unofficial
회의가 비공식적이었으니 곧 끝나겠거니 생각했어요
= Since the meeting was unofficial, I figured it would end quickly
Below are many examples using the vocabulary introduced in this lesson.
퇴각 명령은 이미 내려졌거니 생각했어요
= I thought the retreat order had already been given
섭외는 다 끝났거니 생각했는데 아니었어요
= I thought casting had already been wrapped up, but it wasn’t
한동안 연락이 없어서 다 정리됐거니 여겼어요
= Since there was no contact for a while, I assumed everything had already been settled
섭외가 끝났으니 곧 촬영을 시작하겠거니 했어요
= Since casting was done, I thought filming would begin soon
자료가 창고에 고스란히 남아 있겠거니 생각했어요
= I assumed the materials would still be intact in the storage room
일설에 따르면 그 사람이 이미 사임했겠거니 생각했어요
= According to one account, I assumed that person had already resigned
창작자가 직접 만든 작품이니 독특하겠거니 생각했어요
= Since the creator made the work himself, I assumed it would be unique
학생이 이미 숙달했으니 문제없이 해내겠거니 믿었어요
= Since the student had already mastered it, I was confident they’d pull it off
곡조가 이렇게 독특하니 금방 주목받겠거니 생각했어요
= With such a unique melody, I figured it would get attention quickly
로켓을 이미 띄웠으니 곧 궤도에 도달하겠거니 생각했어요
= Since they had already launched the rocket, I assumed it would reach orbit soon
두 국가가 연합했으니 쉽게 무너지지 않겠거니 생각했어요
= Since the two countries had formed an alliance, I assumed it wouldn’t collapse easily
기존 방침은 이미 공유됐거니 하고 따로 설명하지 않았어요
= I assumed the existing policy had already been shared and didn’t explain it again
옷차림이 꼬장꼬장하니 준비를 제대로 안 했겠거니 생각했어요
= Since his clothes looked messy, I assumed he hadn’t prepared properly
두 사람의 관계가 각별하니 서로를 끝까지 돕겠거니 생각했어요
= Since their relationship was special, I assumed they would help each other to the end
회의장에서 그저 형식적인 이야기만 오가겠거니 생각했는데 아니었어요
= I thought it would just be formal talk at the meeting, but it wasn’t
That’s it for this lesson!