10과

Question 1

A/V- (으)ㄹ 리가 없다

Answer 1

there is no way that… (using when expressing the belief that something is impossible in light of normal logic)

• no possibility that something will happen
  (어제 수지가 오늘 고향에 갈 거라고 했는데 오늘 파티에 올 리가 없다)
• in questions: (으)ㄹ 리가 있다? (irony, rhetorical questions)
  (일요일인데 직원들이 출근할 리가 있겠어요?)
• can use 았/었
• cannot use 겠

Question 2

V-기(가) 무섭게

Answer 2

as soon as (exaggeration, even faster transition between actions than 자마자)

-short form-> V-기 무섭게
-can use V-기(가) 바쁘게 instead - - -adjective needs to be changed to verb (춥다 -> 추워졌다)
-cannot use with 았/었 and 겠
- cannot use with -(으)ㄹ까요?/(으)세요/(으)ㅂ시다
- cannot have 을 거예요/ㄹ게요 at the end of the sentence (because the situation has not yet occurred)

에) …

Question 3

N 만에

Answer 3

a time period after doing~ (refers to an event happening after a certain time after the occurrence of previous event)

• often used with (으)ㄴ 지
  (아이가 잠이 든 지 30분 만에 다시 깼어요)
  -used with 겨우(barely), 분과(only) to emphasize something takes less time than usual
  (이 어려운 수학 문제를 겨우 2분 만에 다 풀었다니까요)

Question 4

A/V (으)나

Answer 4

but, however (used to contrast two situations or actions)

• like 지만 but used just in writing (formal)
• can use 았/었 and 겠
  (많겠으나; 내렸으나 등)
• if used repeatedly with opposite verbs-> indicates that the result or action would be same in any case
  (퇴근하고 싶으면 싫으나 좋으나 이 일을 끝나야 해요)
• with 누가, 어디, 어느, 무엇, 뭘 -> means “the same”
  (이 식당에서 뭘 먹으나 다 맛있어요)