지 못하다

Lack of ability

In English: cannot

A pattern to expresses the subject's inability to do something or the fact that something

• 제 동생은 스케이트를 타지 못해요.

  제 동생은 스케이트를 타지 모태요.said like thisje dongsaengeun seukeiteureul taji motaeyo.

  My younger sibling cannot skate.

• 우리는 삼 일 동안 협상하였지만, 거래를 하지 못했습니다.

  우리는 삼 일 동안 협쌍하엳찌만, 거래를 하지 모탣씀니다.said like thisurineun sam il dongan hyeopsanghayeotjiman, georaereul haji motaetseumnida.

  We negotiated for three days, but we couldn't make a deal.

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