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오래된 시골 마을에 착한 농부가 살고 있었다. 그는 아직 결혼하지 않은 채 혼자 생활하고 있었다.
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Lack of ability

cannot
A pattern to expresses the subject's inability to do something or the fact that something does not go according to the subject's will.
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  • 제 동생은 스케이트를 타지 못해요.
    My younger sibling cannot skate.
  • 우리는 삼 일 동안 협상하였지만, 거래를 하지 못했습니다.
    We negotiated for three days, but we couldn't make a deal.
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못+V is another way to use this pattern.

  • 저는 피곤해서 아무 데도 못 가겠어요.
    I am so tired that I can't go anywhere.
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