Maybe Minju didn’t go to the party in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

민준이가 파티에 가지 않았을지도 몰라.
 
Breakdown:
 
• 민준이가 (Minjun-i-ga)
  – 민준이 (Minjun): a person's name.
  – 가 (-ga): subject marker attached to a noun ending in a vowel.
   Tip: Use -가 after names ending with vowels; this marks the subject of the sentence.
 
• 파티에 (pa-ti-e)
  – 파티 (pa-ti): means “party.”
  – 에 (-e): location/direction particle, indicating where someone is going.
   Tip: Think of 에 as “to” or “at” – here, “to the party.”
 
• 가지 않았을지도 (ga-ji an-ass-eul-ji-do)
  – 가지 (ga-ji): from the verb 가다 (ga-da), meaning “to go.” The form 가지 is used as the base for the negative conjugation.
  – 않았을 (an-ass-eul): the negative past form of 가다, meaning “did not go.”
  – 지도 (ji-do): adds the nuance of “maybe” or “possibly,” indicating a guess about a situation.
   Tip: When combined with 몰라, this structure expresses uncertainty or possibility.
 
• 몰라 (mol-ra)
  – 몰라 is the casual form of 모르다 (mo-reu-da), meaning “to not know.”
   Tip: In this context, “몰라” means “it is unknown” or “maybe” when expressing less certainty.
 
Translation: “Maybe Minjun did not go to the party.”
 
Alternate ways to express the sentence:
 
1. 민준이가 파티에 안 갔을 수도 있어.
  Romanization: Minjun-i-ga pa-ti-e an gat-sseul su-do i-sseo.
  Meaning: “It’s possible that Minjun didn’t go to the party.”
 
2. 민준이가 파티에 가지 않았을 수도 있어.
  Romanization: Minjun-i-ga pa-ti-e ga-ji an-ass-eul su-do i-sseo.
  Meaning: “It’s possible that Minjun didn’t go to the party.”
 
Both alternatives use 수도 있어 (su-do i-sseo) to imply possibility, similar to the nuance of “maybe.”

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