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What is difference between 안 들어요, 못 드러요, 들 수 없어요?
What is the difference between 안 들어요, 못 들어요, 들 수 없어요?
I always talk with my Korean friend and he always tells me to say "못 돌어요" when I want to tell the other ones.
Korean friends! When do you tell every expression? What is the situation? I can't really understand.
Jan 29, 2018 11:09 AM
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안 들어요 do not
못 들어요 cannot (passive and permanent nuance)
들 수 없어요 cannot (active and temporally nuance)
There are two types of negation for a verb in Korean.
1. 안 + verb : do not (verb)
2. 못 + verb : cannot (verb)
For example,
나는 복숭아를 안 먹는다. I don't eat peach.(I don't want to eat peach. ) - for the will of subject - ACTIVE
나는 복숭아를 못 먹는다. I cannot eat peach.(I want to eat peach, but I am unable eat peach for several reasons) - for situation - PASSIVE
Each from has long form
1. 안 + verb = verb + 지 않다
2. 못 + verb = verb + 지 못하다
For example,
나는 복숭아를 안 먹는다. = 나는 복숭아를 먹지 않는다.
나는 복숭아를 못 먹는다. = 나는 복숭아를 먹지 못한다.
~ㄹ 수 없다 has active and temporal nuance.
~지 못하다 has passive and permanent nuance
Both can be used interchangeably in many cases.
Here are the differences.
I cannot swim because I'm tired now.(temporally)
지금 피곤해서 수영을 할 수 없어요. (more natural)
지금 피곤해서 수영을 하지 못해요.
I cannot swim because I didn't learn swimming.(as usual)
수영을 배우지 않아서 수영을 하지 못해요. (more natural)
수영을 배우지 않아서 수영을 할 수 없어요.
Although I want to eat more, I cannot eat it because I ate my fill. (with the intention)
먹고 싶지만 배가 불러서 이 사과는 먹을 수 없어요. (more natural)
먹고 싶지만 배가 불러서 이 사과는 먹지 못해요.
January 29, 2018
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안 들어요 means you do not want to hear.
못 들어요 and 들을 수 없어요 both mean you want to hear, but can't.
못 들어요 and 들을 수 없어요 have the same meaning, but 못 들어요 is more natural.
Make sure you conjugate and spell the verbs right! 들을 수 없어요 instead of 들 수 없어요 and 못 들어요.
January 29, 2018
The first one means, "didn't hear", the second one is, "couldn't hear", and the last one is pretty close to the second one, but I believe it would be more close to, "there's no way (she/he/I, whatever) could hear". So in terms of the degree of being unable to hear, it would be in that ascending order.
January 29, 2018
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