-겠거니
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Grammar · 1 sense
supposition
Examples
다른 조원들이 지정된 일을 하겠거니 하고 컴퓨터 껐는데 다음 날에 등교했더니 아무것도 안 했더라고요.
I figured my other project members would do their assigned work and turned my computer off, but when I came to school the next day I found they hadn't done anything.
첫번째 책이 좋아서 두번째 책도 좋겠거니 하고 샀는데, 읽어보니까 별로더라고요.
Since the first book was good, I bought the second book thinking it would definitely be great, but turns out it was mid.
과민한 탓이겠거니 했는데 다시 생각해보니까 진짜 미행이 맞았던 것 같아요.
I thought I was just being overly sensitive, but thinking back on it, I think there really was someone following me.
When you'd hear it
-겠거니 is common in narration and reflective conversation, especially in patterns such as -겠거니 하고 and -겠거니 했는데. It appears in personal stories, explanations, and writing, but can sound more literary than everyday -겠지.
What learners get wrong
Unlike -겠지, which often seeks confirmation or voices an expectation, -겠거니 presents an assumption the speaker accepted without checking. It commonly refers to what the speaker thought would be true, sometimes before discovering that it was wrong.
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