Unit 25 후회 Regret

Front 1

Used when the speaker wants to express regret or a feeling of lament about he/she should have done, or did and should not have done.

I should have worn my dress clothes.

Back 1

-을 걸 (그랬다)


저도 정장을 입고 올걸 그랬어요.

Front 2

This expression is used to indicate regret or lament about the fact that a necessary action was not completed or that some necessary state was not achieved.

I should have read the book in advance, and I'm sorry that I didn't

Back 2

-았/었어야 했는데
-았/었어야 했는데'는 문장 뒤에 쓸 수 도 있다. 이때는 뒤에 나오는 이야기를 생략해서 말하는 것입니다.

책을 미리 읽었어야 했는데 죄송합니다.

Front 3

difference between - 을걸 그랬다 and -았/었어야 했는데

Back 3

을걸 그랬다 expresses the speaker's lament that doing something else would have worked out better than what was actually done.

았/었어야 했는데 Expresses the speaker's regret or lament about not doing something that should have been done.