을까 보다

eulkkaboda

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Also spelled eulkaboda, ulkkaboda

afraid that; in case

Names something the speaker is worried might happen. Half these lines say the worry outright: 저는 괜찮은데 민수 씨 화났을까 봐 걱정했어요 'I was worried you might be upset.' The rest name the precaution taken instead — 조가 들을까 봐 조용히 얘기할 건데 'I'll say this quietly in case Joe hears.' This is the same pattern as ㄹ까 보다; the 을 form simply appears after a consonant. Do not mix it up with 을까 하다, which is a plan rather than a fear.

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