-기에 망정이지
it's a good thing … otherwise
5-daraja · Bogʻlovchi
Izoh
Thanks to the first clause, a bad outcome was avoided. Attaches to the stem, usually past (-았/었기에 망정이지); the main clause is often -(으)ㄹ 뻔했다 or -았/었을 것이다. Nouns take (이)기에 망정이지.
Misollar
미리 예약했기에 망정이지 자리가 없을 뻔했어요.
Good thing we booked ahead, or there'd have been no seats.
안전벨트를 맸기에 망정이지 크게 다칠 뻔했다.
It's lucky I wore a seat belt, or I'd have been badly hurt.
주말이었기에 망정이지 평일이었으면 지각했을 거예요.
Good thing it was the weekend; on a weekday I'd have been late.
TOPIK izohi
TOPIK II Reading 1–4 (≈ -아/어서 다행이다); Listening 21–30.