V+(으)려던

Table of content

was about to

Express that the action or intention was about to happens but got interrupted to change to something else.

Example

라면을 끓이는군요. 저도 마침 라면을 먹으려던 참이었어요.

I see you're making ramen, I was just about to eat ramen too.
저도 백화점에 가려던 참이었는데 같이 가요.

I was just about to go to the department store too, let's go together.

The popular full form of this grammar point is V+(으)려던 참이다

All the grammatical content on this page, excluding the computer-generated audio, is licensed under the permissive

license. Contributions, corrections, and feedback are all highly welcomed.