흐엉 씨, 저 어제 당황스러운 일이 있었어요.
Ms. Huong, I had a baffling incident yesterday.
그래요? 뭐가 당황스러웠는데요?
Did you? What were you embarrassed about?
여자 친구 핸드백이 무거워 보여서 들어주려고 했거든요. 근데 여자 친구가 깜짝 놀라면서 왜 가방을 빼앗아 가냐는 거예요.
My girlfriend’s purse looked so heavy, so I tried to hold it for her. But she was surprised asking me why am I taking her bag.
여자 친구가 외국인이랬죠? 사실 저도 처음에 남자들이 여자 가방을 들어주는 게 좀 이상했어요.
You said she is a foreigner, right? Actually, at first, I thought it was weird for men to carry women’s bags.
그렇군요. 좀 무안하더라고요. 내가 싫어졌을까 봐 걱정도 되고요.
I see. It was a little embarrassing. I’m also a little worried that she might hate me.
에이, 그 정도 가지고 싫어할 리가 있겠어요? 그런 작은 문화 차이는 시간이 지나면 이해하게 될 거예요.
Come on, it’s not possible that she hates you for such a small matter. Such small cultural differences will be understood over time.
V/A+ 을/ㄹ 리가 있겠어요?
It is attached to the stem of an action verb or a descriptive verb to indicate that it is very unlikely according to the speaker’s judgment.
저렇게 착하고 성실한 사람이 그런 무서운 범죄를 저지를 리가 있겠어요?
It’s not possible for a kind and a diligent man like him to commit such a terrible crime.
교통도 편리하고 시설도 깨끗한 집인데 가격이 쌀 리가 있겠어요?
How can such a clean house with easy traffic be cheap in price?
한국어를 전공한 사람이 그런 기본적인 문법을 모를 리가요.
It’s not possible that someone who majored in Korean doesn’t know such basic grammar.
Related words
핸드백 purse
빼앗다 to take (away)
무안하다 to be embarrassing, to be baffling
성실하다 to be diligent
Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute