I’m afraid that with 恐怕

Structure 恐怕 + (something likely and unwanted)

恐怕 (kǒngpà) introduces a likely and UNWELCOME guess, like English "I’m afraid that…": 恐怕要下雨了 = "I’m afraid it’s going to rain". It blends probability with a touch of concern. It goes before the verb or at the start of the sentence.

Examples

恐kǒng怕pà要yào下xià雨yǔ了le。
I’m afraid it’s going to rain.
这zhè件jiàn事shì恐kǒng怕pà很hěn难nán。
I’m afraid this is very hard.
我wǒ恐kǒng怕pà不bù能néng去qù了le。
I’m afraid I won’t be able to go.

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