If I hadn’t met you in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

내가 – “내” means “my” or “I” and the subject marker “-가” indicates that “I” is the subject.
그쪽을 – “그쪽” refers to “that person” (often used informally for “you” or “them”) and the object marker “-을” shows it’s the object.
만나지 – comes from the verb “만나다” (to meet); adding “-지” forms the negation stem (not meet).
않았더라면요 – is built from “않다” (to not do) in the past tense “않았다” combined with the conditional ending “-더라면” to express a counterfactual or regretful “if … hadn’t,” with “요” making it polite.

Romanized, the sentence is: “Naega geuchjeogeul mannaji anhatdeoramyeonyo.”
The whole sentence translates as “If I hadn’t met you…” or “Had I not met you…”

Tips to remember:
• Korean often marks the subject (내가) and object (그쪽을) explicitly, so note how particles (가, 을) play a role.
• The negative stem “만나지” comes from taking the dictionary form “만나다” and adding “-지” for negation before the past conditional.
• The ending “않았더라면요” is a way to express a past counterfactual condition, common in expressing regret or hypothetical scenarios.

Alternate ways to say “If I hadn’t met you…” include:
• 내가 그쪽을 만나지 않았다면
• 내가 당신을 만나지 않았다면

Each alternative uses a slightly different pronoun (“그쪽” vs. “당신”) but conveys the same meaning.

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