No. 19,729 in Korean
없었다면
"If it hadn't existed" or "If it weren't there."
In a sentence
그가 없었다면 일이 이렇게 진행되지 않았을 거야.
If he hadn't been absent, the work wouldn't have progressed like this.
"없었다면" is used here to denote a conditional past scenario where the presence of 'him' would have made the situation different.
팀의 도움이 없었다면 우리는 성공하지 못했을 것이다.
Without the team's help, we wouldn't have succeeded.
"없었다면" expresses a hypothetical past condition implying the absence of 'help' as a crucial factor for success.
시간이 충분히 없었다면 결과는 나빴을 것이다.
Had there not been sufficient time, the result would have been bad.
"없었다면" emphasizes a hypothetical past dependent on 'sufficient time' as necessary for a favorable outcome.
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