Question

왜 말을 하려다 말아요? Replacing -고 in -(으)려(고) with -다(가) results in -(으)려다가. This ending is used to express abandoned past intentions. Phrases with -(으)려다가 correspond to the English pattern '... was going to do A, but ... did B ...'.

Accepted Answer

Why won't you say what you were going to say?

Front	왜 말을 하려다 말아요?
Back	Why won't you say what you were going to say?
Notes	Replacing -고 in -(으)려(고) with -다(가) results in -(으)려다가. This ending is used to express abandoned past intentions. Phrases with -(으)려다가 correspond to the English pattern '... was going to do A, but ... did B ...'.

왜 말을 하려다 말아요 Replacing 고 으)려(고 다(가