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오래된 시골 마을에 착한 농부가 살고 있었다. 그는 아직 결혼하지 않은 채 혼자 생활하고 있었다.
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(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다
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Ability or possibility
Emphasis with 수가
(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다 vs (으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다
1.
Ability or possibility
can
A pattern to expresses when someone is able to do something or when something is possible.
Example
운전할
수
있어요
.
I can drive.
저는
그
사실을
믿을
수
없어요
.
I can't believe that.
Some of the pattern(s) used in this grammar
V+는/(으)ㄴ/(으)ㄹ
Emphasis with 수가
The particle
가
can be added to
수
to make the sentence more emphatic.
그렇게
사랑했던
두
사람이
헤어지다니
믿을
수가
없어요
.
I can't believe that the two people who loved each other so much broke up.
(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다
vs
(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다
(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다 (Ability or possibility)
Used not only to express the ability to do something, but also whether a situation permits something to be done.
(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다
Expresses whether one knows how or has the ability to do something.
Cannot be used to express possibility.
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