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Grammar 2 (잘/잘못)

Grammar (잘/잘못)
Let´s study in detail about the expressions we learned today.

In Korean, if you put ‘잘/잘 못/못’ before a verb, you can express someone´s skill level of the mentioned verb. Let´s take a look at the following examples.

잘(well)/잘 못(not well)/못(cannot)+ Verb

Verbs 잘 못
노래를 하다(Singing) 노래를 잘하다 노래를 잘 못하다 노래를 못하다
춤을 추다(Dance) 춤을 잘 추다 춤을 잘 못 추다 춤을 못 추다
사진을 찍다(Taking picture) 사진을 잘 찍다 사진을 잘 못 찍다 사진을 못 찍다
그림을 그리다(Drawing) 그림을 잘 그리다 그림을 잘 못 그리다 그림을 못 그리다

Did you understand it? If you didn’t, please ask some questions through comments. Also, since it is good to find other examples different from those presented above, try to share yours in the comment section down below.

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