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are my Korean sentences right? 그럴 줄 알았어요. 여기 일하시는 분들.. 제 남자친구가 한국인이라는 말 들으셨죠? 근데 한국말 잘 못해요. 사람들이 제가 한국말 조금 할 수 있다는 걸 알게되면 어떡해요. 그런 걱정 많았어요.

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아주 잘 적으셨습니다. '어떡해요'가 맞는 표현이므로 그대로 쓰시면 됩니다. 한국 인터넷에서 '어떻해요'로 잘못 쓰이는 예를 많이 볼 수 있는데, '어떡해요'가 맞습니다. 잘 적으셨어요. You did really well. "어떡해요" is right, not "어떻해요" as the former answerer said, so just use that as you did. Some Koreans miswrite "어떡해요" to "어떻해요," but you did right. Very well done. '알게되면'은 '알게 되면'으로 띄우는 게 맞지만, 사실 띄어쓰기는 한국인들도 잘하지 못하는 만큼, 큰 문제는 없습니다. "알게되면" has to be "알게 되면" with a space, but 띄어쓰기 is really hard even to Koreans, so it doesn't matter so much. 참고: 한국인들도 많이 틀리는 한국어 표현 (Expressions even Koreans confuse) (1) 어떡해 / 어떻해 (x) (2) 안 돼 / 않되 (x), 않돼 (x), 안되 (x), etc. (3) 낫다 (to be better) vs. 낳다 (to lay) (4) 로서 (as) vs. 로써 (by) (5) 불다 (바람이 불었다) vs. 붓다 (얼굴이 부었다) vs. 붇다 (강물이 불었다) etc... Reference about confusing expressions to Koreans (Korean page): https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%9E%90%EC%A3%BC%20%ED%8B%80%EB%A6%AC%EB%8A%94%20%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%96%B4/%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D Very good! I think you almost have the native level!
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언어전공이 아니라 정확한 띄어쓰기나 다른 부분은 잘 모르겠지만 전체적으로 다 자연스러워요. 철자만 한군데 고치시면 될 것 같아요. 어떡해요 → 어떻해요
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It is near perfect, but the meaning of one sentence seems odd. "사람들이 제가 한국말 조금 할 수 있다는 걸 알게되면 어떡해요." = What (do I do) if they find out that I can speak a little Korean. I'm not sure why people finding out that you speak a little Korean is something to worry about, as implied by -면 어떡해요. I think what fits the context better would be something like: What if they find out I can barely speak Korean. That is, they think you(or the speaker if it's fictional) speak good Korean (because of the Korean boyfriend, for example), but you are actually not that good yet. If this is the case, you can say 사람들이 제가 한국말(을) 조금밖에 못한다는 걸 알게 되면 어떡해요.

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