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Explain different expectations

Explain how two people understood one message differently, separating expectations from confirmed arrangements.

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Your goal

Explain how two people understood one message differently, separating expectations from confirmed arrangements.

Jun and Mina interpreted “세 시에 만나서 준비해요” differently. Say who expected what, then ask for an exact time.

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Before you start

기대
an expectation about what will happen
준비 시간
time used to get ready
시작 시각
the time an activity starts
확인하다
check whether something is correct
다르게 이해하다
understand the same words differently

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Explore the situation

Situation and participants’ words

Jun and Mina’s preparation meeting

The notice said “Meet at three and prepare.”

PartInformation to check
준세 시가 수업 시작 시간이라고 생각했어요.
미나세 시부터 준비한다고 생각했어요.
직원 답준비는 세 시, 수업 시작은 세 시 반이에요.

This is not about assigning blame to a person or group.

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Learn the expressions

Use 인 줄 알았어요 after a noun, with or without a final consonant. 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요 reports what you thought then. Here we use it when later information differs.

Situation or formKorean expression
시작 시간 + 인 줄 알았어요세 시가 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요.
준비 시간 + 인 줄 알았어요세 시가 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.
시작하다 → 시작하는 줄 알았어요세 시에 시작하는 줄 알았어요.
가다 → 가는 줄 알았어요바로 가는 줄 알았어요.

Use 인 줄 with a noun and -는 줄 with an action. 알았어요 does not make your belief someone else’s promise. You can report it using the previous unit: 준은 …인 줄 알았다고 했어요.

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Read the conversation

Model: different expectations

준

세 시가 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요.

Show meaning

I thought three was the starting time.

미나

저는 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.

Show meaning

I thought it was preparation time.

준

그럼 실제로 몇 시에 시작해요?

Show meaning

Then when do we actually start?

Model: an explicit check

직원

준비는 세 시, 수업 시작은 세 시 반이에요.

Show meaning

Preparation is at three; the class starts at half past three.

준

세 시에 준비하고 세 시 반에 시작하네요.

Show meaning

So we prepare at three and start at half past three.

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Build a sentence

Change the card details and try a sentence before revealing the example. Then assemble the sentence pieces.

Switch perspectives and check

One notice, different expectations

Jun’s expectation
Notice
세 시에 만나서 준비해요.
Expectation
세 시부터 수업
Example and explanation

세 시가 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요.

This is Jun’s belief, distinct from staff’s final clarification.

Mina’s expectation
Expectation
세 시부터 준비
Example and explanation

준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.

She understood the same words as starting preparation.

Clarified schedule
Preparation
15:00
Start
15:30
Example and explanation

세 시에 준비하고 세 시 반에 시작해요.

After staff reply, distinguish the two times.

Sentence-piece practice

1. You understood three as the start.

Sentence pieces

  • 시작 시간인
  • 알았어요.
  • 세 시가
  • 줄

2. You thought you would leave immediately.

Sentence pieces

  • 가는
  • 알았어요.
  • 바로
  • 줄

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Practice

Choose a response that fits the situation using the expressions you learned.

1. Which reports that you thought three was the start?

  • 세 시가 시작 시간이에요.
  • 세 시가 끝나는 시간이에요.
  • 세 시가 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요.

2. Which form follows 준비 시간?

  • 준비 시간는 줄 알았어요.
  • 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.
  • 준비 시간이 줄 알았어요.

3. Jun expected a start at three; Mina expected preparation. What differs?

  • 세 시에 하는 일에 대한 기대
  • 두 사람의 이름
  • 건물 층수

4. The actual starting time is unknown. What should you say?

  • 세 시 시작으로 확정됐어요.
  • 미나는 항상 늦어요.
  • 실제로 몇 시에 시작해요?

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Try a new situation

Situation and participants’ words

Aki and Yuna prepare to leave

They read “Meet at two.”

PartInformation to check
아키의 기대두 시부터 준비해요.
유나의 기대두 시에 출발해요.
나중에 받은 직원 답오후 한 시 반에 준비하고 오후 두 시에 출발해요.

Do not treat the departure as confirmed before the last clarification.

Use the new role information. Write the required details in Korean and try saying them.

Tasks

Try the tasks first, then compare with the answers and examples in step 10.

1. As Aki, say you thought two was preparation time, using 인 줄 알았어요.

Show a hint

Use the pattern and keep the supplied information.

2. As Yuna, say you understood two as departure time.

Show a hint

Use the pattern and keep the supplied information.

3. As someone who does not yet know the departure time, ask.

Show a hint

Use the pattern and keep the supplied information.

4. Staff answer: preparation at 1:30, departure at two. Confirm both in one sentence.

Show a hint

Use the pattern and keep the supplied information.

5. Summarize the difference in one sentence.

Show a hint

Use the pattern and keep the supplied information.

Whose expectation is it?

Read all source rows, including the staff clarification, then classify.

두 시부터 준비해요.

  • Aki’s expectation
  • Yuna’s expectation
  • Confirmed by staff

두 시가 출발 시간인 줄 알았어요.

  • Aki’s expectation
  • Yuna’s expectation
  • Confirmed by staff

준비는 오후 한 시 반이에요.

  • Aki’s expectation
  • Yuna’s expectation
  • Confirmed by staff

출발은 오후 두 시예요.

  • Aki’s expectation
  • Yuna’s expectation
  • Confirmed by staff

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Check your learning

Read the new conditions and distinguish the key information.

1. Aki expected preparation from two; Yuna expected departure at two. What does Aki say?

  • 두 시가 도착 시간인 줄 알았어요.
  • 두 시가 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.
  • 두 시가 출발 시간인 줄 알았어요.

2. What action did Yuna expect?

  • 두 시에 출발하기
  • 두 시에 도착하기
  • 세 시에 준비하기

3. Staff say preparation is at 1:30 and departure at two. What is confirmed?

  • 준비와 출발이 모두 두 시예요.
  • 도착은 세 시예요.
  • 준비와 출발 시각이 달라요.

4. How do you report the earlier expectation about departure?

  • 출발했기 때문에 알았어요.
  • 출발하는 줄 알았어요.
  • 출발인 줄 알았어요.

5. They understood the same notice differently. Which summary fits?

  • 두 사람의 기대가 달랐어요.
  • 어느 나라 사람은 모두 시간을 안 지켜요.
  • 유나는 준비가 필요 없다고 확정했어요.

6. Which check reduces this expectation gap?

  • 제가 생각한 대로 하면 되죠.
  • 아무에게도 묻지 않을게요.
  • 한 시 반에 준비하고 두 시에 출발하는 게 맞아요?

Reflect on your reading

Tick only what you actually checked. Feedback from another person is optional and is not required to finish the lesson.

□ Identify whose expectation each is.
□ Separate expectation from confirmed arrangements.
□ Ask a concrete clarification.

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Answers and explanations

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Practice questions

1. Which reports that you thought three was the start?

Answer: 세 시가 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요.

인 줄 알았어요 marks the earlier belief.

  • 세 시가 시작 시간이에요. — This states a present fact rather than the earlier expectation.
  • 세 시가 끝나는 시간이에요. — No ending time was given.

2. Which form follows 준비 시간?

Answer: 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.

A noun takes 인 줄.

  • 준비 시간는 줄 알았어요. — 시간는 is not this construction.
  • 준비 시간이 줄 알았어요. — 이 줄 is not the required noun link.

3. Jun expected a start at three; Mina expected preparation. What differs?

Answer: 세 시에 하는 일에 대한 기대

They associated the same time with different activities.

  • 두 사람의 이름 — The task is not about their names.
  • 건물 층수 — No floor was specified.

4. The actual starting time is unknown. What should you say?

Answer: 실제로 몇 시에 시작해요?

Ask to establish the missing detail.

  • 세 시 시작으로 확정됐어요. — No confirmation has been given.
  • 미나는 항상 늦어요. — One scene does not justify “always.”

Learning check

1. Aki expected preparation from two; Yuna expected departure at two. What does Aki say?

Answer: 두 시가 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.

Aki expected preparation time.

  • 두 시가 도착 시간인 줄 알았어요. — Arrival time is not given.
  • 두 시가 출발 시간인 줄 알았어요. — That is Yuna’s expectation.

2. What action did Yuna expect?

Answer: 두 시에 출발하기

Yuna thought departure would be at two.

  • 두 시에 도착하기 — Arrival changes the meaning.
  • 세 시에 준비하기 — Both the time and activity change.

3. Staff say preparation is at 1:30 and departure at two. What is confirmed?

Answer: 준비와 출발 시각이 달라요.

Keep 1:30 and two separate.

  • 준비와 출발이 모두 두 시예요. — This changes preparation to two.
  • 도착은 세 시예요. — Arrival time has not been checked.

4. How do you report the earlier expectation about departure?

Answer: 출발하는 줄 알았어요.

The verb 출발하다 takes 출발하는 줄.

  • 출발했기 때문에 알았어요. — A reason clause does not report the expectation.
  • 출발인 줄 알았어요. — This task practices the given verb form.

5. They understood the same notice differently. Which summary fits?

Answer: 두 사람의 기대가 달랐어요.

The source only shows these two people’s expectations.

  • 어느 나라 사람은 모두 시간을 안 지켜요. — There is no basis for generalizing to a whole group.
  • 유나는 준비가 필요 없다고 확정했어요. — Nobody said preparation was unnecessary.

6. Which check reduces this expectation gap?

Answer: 한 시 반에 준비하고 두 시에 출발하는 게 맞아요?

Check both concrete times and actions.

  • 제가 생각한 대로 하면 되죠. — This assumes your expectation is the agreement.
  • 아무에게도 묻지 않을게요. — The difference calls for clarification.

Example answers

Written responses are examples. Other wording can also meet the same conditions.

1. As Aki, say you thought two was preparation time, using 인 줄 알았어요.

두 시가 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.

오후 두 시가 준비 시간인 줄 알았어요.

State Aki’s belief separately from the confirmed departure.

2. As Yuna, say you understood two as departure time.

두 시가 출발 시간인 줄 알았어요.

두 시에 출발하는 줄 알았어요.

Both noun and action forms can convey this expectation.

3. As someone who does not yet know the departure time, ask.

몇 시에 출발해요?

출발 시간은 몇 시예요?

Do not invent the missing time.

4. Staff answer: preparation at 1:30, departure at two. Confirm both in one sentence.

한 시 반에 준비하고 두 시에 출발해요.

오후 한 시 반에 준비하고 오후 두 시에 출발해요.

Summarize confirmed information, not the earlier assumption.

5. Summarize the difference in one sentence.

아키와 유나의 기대가 달랐어요.

두 사람의 기대가 달랐어요.

This is an individual difference in expectations, not a fixed group trait.

Whose expectation is it?

Situation and participants’ words

Aki and Yuna prepare to leave

They read “Meet at two.”

PartInformation to check
아키의 기대두 시부터 준비해요.
유나의 기대두 시에 출발해요.
나중에 받은 직원 답오후 한 시 반에 준비하고 오후 두 시에 출발해요.

Do not treat the departure as confirmed before the last clarification.

두 시부터 준비해요. → Aki’s expectation

Aki’s initial belief.

두 시가 출발 시간인 줄 알았어요. → Yuna’s expectation

This reports Yuna’s expectation.

준비는 오후 한 시 반이에요. → Confirmed by staff

Staff later stated this explicitly.

출발은 오후 두 시예요. → Confirmed by staff

This is confirmed in the final reply.

Sentence-piece practice

1. You understood three as the start.

세 시가 시작 시간인 줄 알았어요.

Add 인 줄 after the noun 시작 시간.

2. You thought you would leave immediately.

바로 가는 줄 알았어요.

For the action 가다, use 가는 줄.

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Review and continue

Come back to these

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Recall with the example closed

Explain how two people understood one message differently, separating expectations from confirmed arrangements.

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Change one detail

Change a person, action or time and make two sentences.

A few days later

Combine with earlier expressions

Make a short exchange with a question and response.

Review what felt difficult

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