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-(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다

know / not know how to

Level 2 · Expression

Explanation

Ability that comes from learning or skill. Vowel or ㄹ stems (ㄹ drops) take ㄹ 줄 알다, consonant stems 을 줄 알다. Unlike -(으)ㄹ 수 있다, it is not used for circumstantial possibility.

Examples

  • 저는 기타를 칠 줄 알아요.

    I know how to play the guitar.

  • 동생은 아직 자전거를 탈 줄 몰라요.

    My sibling still can't ride a bike.

  • 김밥 만들 줄 알아요?

    Do you know how to make gimbap?

TOPIK note

TOPIK I Reading 43–45; Listening 17–21.

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