【잘/못】Let’s simply express our strengths and weaknesses.

Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses.

In this time, let’s try to express these in simple sentences.

How to use “잘 and 못”

Indicates the degree of skill or ability.

잘/못 is a word that strengths and weaknesses.

Thus “what you can do” and “what you can not do” are expressed in terms of degrees of skill and ability.

There are three nuances that can be expressed.

The expression 잘 and 못 used to describe “good at, not good at” can be divided into three nuances.

잘하다(excels at, good at)

전 태권도를 잘해요.
I excels at Tae Kwon Do.

저는 운동을 잘합니다.
I’m good at sports.

잘하다 indicates “excels at it, good at it.”

못하다(be bad at)

난 요리를 못해요.
I am bad at cooking.

소연씨는 댄스를 못해요.
Soyeon can’t dance.

못하다 is a nuance of lack of skill or ability.

잘 못하다(not good at, be poor at)

난 공부를 잘 못해요.
I’m not good at study.

저는 영어를 잘 못합니다.
I am poor at spearking English.

잘 못하다 means something “be not good at, be poor at”.

Check point of “잘/못”.

Be careful with spacing.

Be careful with spacing of 잘 or 못.

지혜씨는 일본어를 잘해요?
Jihee, do you speak Japanese well?

전 술을 못합니다.
I am a nondrinker.

난 김치찌개와 된장찌개를 잘해요.
I’m good at cooking kimchi jjigae and tenjang jjigae.

It is written by attaching them together like “잘하다, 못하다”.

What about when it’s not “~을/를 하다”?

It’s case of other than “~을/를 하다”.

선아씨는 정말 스케이트를 잘 타요.
Seona is s good skater.

민수는 피아노를 못 쳐요.
Min-Soo is poor at playing the piano.

난 플루트를 잘 못 붑니다.
I’m not good at playing the flute.

In this case, with spacing.

In some cases, it’s not said “~을/를 하다”.

In the following cases, you also don’t say “~을/를 하다”.

For example, “골프를 잘 치다”.

난 당구를 잘 쳐요.
I’m good at billiards.

혜미씨는 골프를 잘 못 쳐요.
Hemi is not good at playing golf.

현주씨는 배드민턴을 못 쳐요.
Hyun-Joo can’t play badminton.

Sports that have a specific vocabulary usage, such as 치다 and 타다, let’s learn them all together.

There are people in the world who cannot ride bicycles, but let’s also express these things in 잘/못.