설마
Romanisation: seolma
could it be that
Example sentence
설마 그게 사실이에요?
Seolma geuge sasirieyo?
Could it really be true?
What 설마 means
설마 (seolma) is a Korean word meaning “could it be that”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
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Level 3
겨우
gyeou
only then; barely
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
원래
wollae
originally; it turns out
어쩔 수 없이
eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually