V/A + -(으)ㄹ 줄이야, N + -일 줄이야 (Who would have thought that...!, To think that...!)
Meaning: Who could have imagined that...! / To think that...! (exclamation of surprise at a completely unexpected situation).
Conjugation & Pattern
- Present: V/A with batchim + -을 줄이야 | No batchim/ㄹ + -ㄹ 줄이야
- Noun (N) + -일 줄이야
- Past: V/A + -았/었을 줄이야
Detailed Usage
An exclamatory elliptical form of '-(으)ㄹ 줄이야 누가 알았겠는가?'. Used at the end of a sentence to express astonishment at an unforeseen turn of events.
Example Sentences
- 1
시골에서도 이렇게 인터넷 속도가 빠를 줄이야!
Sigoreseodo ireotge inteonet sokdoga ppareul juriya!
Who would have thought the internet speed would be this fast even in the countryside!
- 2
컴퓨터를 사러 전자 상가에 갔는데 그렇게 일찍 문을 닫을 줄이야.
Keompyuteoreul sareo jeonja sanggae ganneunde geureotge iljjik muneul dadeul juriya.
I went to the electronics market to buy a computer—to think they would close so early!
- 3
내가 믿었던 친구가 나를 속였을 줄이야!
Naega mideotdeon chinguga nareul sogyeosseul juriya!
To think that the friend I trusted had deceived me!
Important Notes
More emotionally exclamatory than '-(으)ㄹ 줄은 꿈에도 몰랐다'.
