이 있는 줄 몰랐어

I didn't know there was

→ 이

phrase Rare #19,997

I didn't know there was Used after a noun to say that the speaker was unaware that something existed or that someone had something. The ending 몰랐어 is informal; the polite form is 있는 줄 몰랐어요.

KO: 네가 이런 재능이 있는 줄 몰랐어.

EN: I didn't know you had this talent.

여기 이렇게 멋진 정원이 있는 줄 몰랐어

I didn't know there was such a beautiful garden here.

— 아마코드 (1973)

돌 에 특별한 힘이 있는 줄 몰랐어

I didn’t know the stone had special powers.

— 천공의 성 라퓨타 (1986)