조그만 고양이가 수박을 훔치려고 했어요 The little cat tried to steal the watermelon. 조그만 << 조그맣(다) + ㄴ 조그맣다 : small, little, tiny ㄴ : modifier suffix which makes adjective into attributive adjective 고양이가 << 고양이 + 가 고양이 : cat 가 : subject particle 수박을 << 수박 + 을 수박 : water melon 을 : object particle 훔치려고 << 훔치(다) + 려고 훔치다 : to steal 려고 : with the intention of (doing), with a view to (doing), in order to (do), in order that 했어요 : 하(다) + 았/었/였 + 다 하다 : to do 았/었/였 : past tense suffix 다 : informal ending suffix * 려고 하다 has two usages Usage 1) - showing intention for action 사다 = to buy 사려고 하다 = to be about to buy, to be intending on buying, to be planning to buy [past tense] 사려고 했어요 = I was going to buy it. [noun group] 사려고 하는 사람 = someone who is planning to buy it [present tense + -는데] 사려고 하는데 = I am thinking of buying it and/but.... For showing intentions for doing something, -려고 하다 is not very commonly used for the plain present tense (- 려고 해요) in spoken Korean. So if you say “사려고 해요.” it might sound very textbook-like and formal. You can use it, though, in very formal situations. Usage 2) - talking about a state of the near future 떨어지다 = to drop, to fall 떨어지려고 하다 = to be about to drop, to be going to drop Example: 비가 오려고 해요. = It looks like it’s going to rain. How is it compared to the plain future tense? 비가 올 거예요. = It is going to rain. (You know this for a fact.) 비가 오려고 해요. = It is about to rain, judging from what I see.

The little cat tried to steal the watermelon.

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