Korean grammar · Level 2 · 2급
V-(으)ㄹ 줄 알다 / 모르다
Knowing how to
-(으)ㄹ 줄 알아요 means you know how to do something — a skill you have learned. -(으)ㄹ 줄 몰라요 means you never learned it. It attaches like -(으)ㄹ 수: 칠 줄, 읽을 줄, 만들 줄. So 수영할 줄 알아요, 그런데 오늘은 수영할 수 없어요 means “I know how to swim, but today I can't.”
| When | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| a skill you have | -(으)ㄹ 줄 알아요 | 피아노를 칠 줄 알아요 |
| a skill you don't have | -(으)ㄹ 줄 몰라요 | 수영할 줄 몰라요 |
Examples
가야금을 연주할 줄 알아요?
Do you know how to play the gayageum?
저는 수영할 줄 몰라요.
I don't know how to swim.
김치찌개를 만들 줄 알아요.
I know how to make kimchi stew.
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