I don’t think it would have been that way in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

저는 그게 그랬을 거라고 생각하지 않아요.
Romanized: jeoneun geuge geuraesseul georago saeng-gakaji anayo.

Breakdown word by word:

• 저는 (jeoneun)
 – 저 means “I” (humble form) and 는 is the topic marker.
  Tip: In Korean, using 은/는 after a noun identifies the topic of the sentence.

• 그게 (geuge)
 – 그게 is a contraction of 그것이. 그 means “that” and 게 comes from 것이, meaning “thing” or “fact” with the subject marker attached.
  Tip: Remember that spoken Korean often contracts 그렇다 → 그게 or 그런.

• 그랬을 (geuraesseul)
 – Derived from 그렇다 (“to be like that”), 변형 of 그랬다 is used here in a future-in-the-past or conjectural form. The ending -을 indicates the future/potential aspect attached to an implied “거” (thing/fact).
  Tip: Recognize that the form “-을” (or sometimes “-ㄹ”) is used in hypothetical or reported contexts.

• 거라고 (georago)
 – 거 is a contraction of 것이다 (“thing” or “fact”), combined with 라고, a quoting particle that marks reported speech or thought. Here it’s used to quote the content of one's thought.
  Tip: When expressing thoughts or beliefs about something, use quoting particles such as 라고.

• 생각하지 않아요 (saeng-gakaji anayo)
 – 생각하다 means “to think.” Adding 지 않아요 negates it, meaning “do not think.” The polite ending -아요 is attached.
  Tip: To negate a verb in a polite form, attach 지 않다 before the ending.

Overall Translation:
“I don’t think that would have been the case.”

Alternate ways to say “I don’t think it would have been that way” in Korean:

1. 저는 그렇게 되었을 거라고 생각하지 않아요.
 – Romanized: jeoneun geureoke doeeosseul georago saeng-gakaji anayo.
  Meaning: “I don’t think it would have turned out that way.”

2. 저는 그런 식으로 됐을 거라고 생각하지 않아요.
 – Romanized: jeoneun geureon sik-euro dwaesseul georago saeng-gakaji anayo.
  Meaning: “I don’t think it would have been done in that manner.”

Each variation changes slightly in structure but conveys the same overall idea.

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