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TTMIK Level 5 Lesson 1 - almost did - -(으)ㄹ 뻔 했다Welcome to Level 5!!! In the first lesson of Level 5, we are going to look at how to say that you “almost did” something or “nearly did” something. This is used both in situations where you “wanted” to do something (but only almost did it) and in situations where you “didn’t want” to do something and fortunately didn’t do it but almost did it.Ex) I almost lost my keys.Ex) I almost passed the exam!ConjugationVerb stem + -(으)ㄹ 뻔 했다The word 뻔 is a noun that describes “nearly getting into a situation where something happens” and in order to use a verb with 뻔, you need to change the verb into the future tense conjugation and add 뻔 after that.Examples사다 [sa-da] = to buy→ 살 뻔 했어요. [sal ppeon hae-sseo-yo.] = I almost bought it.믿다 [mit-da] = to believe→ 믿을 뻔 했어요. [mi-deul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.] = I almost believed it.울다 [ul-da] = to cry→ 울 뻔 했어요. [ul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.] = I almost cried.Sample sentences1. 무서워서 울 뻔 했어요. [mu-seo-wo-seo ul ppeon hae-sseo-yo.]= It was scary so