~다가 vs. ~었다가:

Speaking Activity

1. You went to a place to do something, and something happened there and so you could not do thing you were supposed to do.

. . .~(으)러 갔다가. . .~어서 . . .

A: 숙제 복사 (copying)했어요? B: 아니오, 발렌타인 홀에 복사하러 갔다가 사람이 너무 많아서 못 했어요.

1.	어제 정선생님 만났어요? --She wasn't there
2.	지난 주말에 IU 농구 구경갔어요? --The game was a sellout. --Could not park your car. --You got sick. --The game was boring.
3.	어제 도서관에서 공부했어요? --Ran into a friend. --No available desk. --Could not find a parking spot. --Got sleepy.
4.	지난 주에 KCC 갔었어요? --Got a phone call from a friend. --Got so tired. --The meeting was cancelled.
5.	지난 주말에 뭐 했어요? [Go see a movie, go to a concert, go shopping, etc.]

2. Have you ever . . .? Describe an unexpected/incidental situation you encountered.

보기

A:	서울에서 택시 타 본 적 있어요?
B:	네, 작년에 한국에 갔을 때 타 봤는데, 공항에서 택시를 탔다가 운전기사가 하도 빨리 운전을 해서 죽는 줄 알았어요.

1.	Taken a taxi in Seoul/New York, and . . .
2.	Gone to a busy restaurant without making a reservation, and . . .
3.	Done an extreme action or activity (e.g. Bunji jump, drinking too much, following someone), and . . .
4.	Proposed to someone, and . . . [propose 좋아한다고 (고백)하다]

3. Talk in narration about an unexpected situation you ran into after you went to a certain place or you'd done something.

• Went to the College Mall/a restaurant in town a day before a Vallentine Day
• Played tennis after a long while
• Tried to learn a foreign language (Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Latin . . .)
• Proposed a date to someone