V+ 을/ㄹ 뻔하다

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 여보, 엘리베이터 게시판에 붙은 공고문 봤어요?

Honey, did you see the notice on the elevator bulletin board?
오늘 하루 종일 집에 있어서 못 봤어요. 무슨 내용이에요?
Since I was home all day, I did not see it. What was it about?
내일 아침부터 저녁까지 수돗물이 안 나온대요.
The tap water will not come out from morning to evening tomorrow.
물이 안 나온다고요? 왜요?
The water won't come out? Why?
수도관에 문제가 생겼대요. 오래된 아파트라서 고장이 잦은 것 같아요.
There was a problem with the water pipes. Because it is an old apartment, I think it breaks frequently.
당신이 말해주지 않았으면 내일 밥도 못 할 뻔했네요. 내일 쓸 물을 미리 받아 놓아야겠어요.
If you had not told me, I would not have been able to cook tomorrow. I should get the water for tomorrow ahead of time.

V+ 을/ㄹ 뻔하다
As it is attached to an action verb's stem, it is used when the situation did not occur actually, but, it is used when the situation indicates a very high possibility to occur. It is used for a negative situation frequently.

'-ㄹ 뻔하다' is used if it ends with a vowel of the action verb's stem or 'ㄹ'. Other than that, '-을 뻔하다' is used when it ends with a consonant.

길이 미끄러워서 넘어질 뻔했어요.
I almost fell on the ground because the road was slippery.

스마트폰을 보면서 걷다가 자동차에 부딪힐 뻔했는데 다행히 차가 멈춰서 다치지 않았어요.
While I was walking and on my cell phone, I almost got crushed by a car. However, fortunately, I did not get hurt since the car stopped.

1점만 모자랐으면 시험에 떨어질 뻔했어.
I almost failed the test if I missed 1 point.

Related words
공고문 announcement
수돗물 tap water
수도관 water pipe
잦다 to be often

Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute

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