2019-10-14

Let’s learn about "넌 아무 것도 몰라”

1. When you want to say "you have’nt got a clue", you can say "넌 아무 것도 몰라" in Korean.


2. The above can be expressed like these in Korean.


1) Without honorific to the younger or the same age friendly.


* "넌" is a short form of "너는"


<To general person>

- 넌 아무 것도 몰라.

- 넌 아무 것도 모르쟎아.

- 넌 아무 것도 모르쟎어.

- 넌 아무 것도 모르쟎니?

- 넌 아무 것고 모르쟎냐?


<To his wife or to her husband>

- 당신은 아무 것도 몰라.

- 당신은 아무 것도 모르쟎아.

- 당신은 아무 것도 모르쟎어.

- 당신은 아무 것도 모르쟎니?

- 당신은 아무 것고 모르쟎냐?


2) With a little honorific to the younger or the same age friendly.


- 당신은 아무 것도 몰라요.

- 당신은 아무 것도 모르쟎아요.


3) With honorific regardless of age.


- XXX님은 아무 것도 몰라요.

- XXX님은 아무 것도 모릅니다.

- XXX님은 아무 것도 모르쟎습니까?


3. The above can be translated like these in English.


- You’re clueless.

- You haven’t got a clue.

- You know nothing.

- You don’t know beans.

- You don’t know right from wrong. (넌 옳고 그름을 구별할 줄 몰라)

- Don’t you know anything. (니가 아는 게 뭐 있니?)

- You’re so lost.


4. Dialogue of the above


<A person> 넌 아무 것도 몰라. 정신 차리고 꿈 깨 : You’re clueless! Wake up and smell the coffee!


<B person> 날 믿어. 내가 알아서 할테니까. Trust me. I know what I am doing.


5. Explanation of the above


• 옳다 : be right

• 옳음 : a noun form of 옳다

• 그르다 : be wrong

• 그름 : a noun form of 그르다

• 옳고 그름을 구별하다 : know right from wrong

• 구별하다 : dustinguish from A from B

• 넌 or 너는 : you

• 날 or 나를 : me

• 믿다 : trust, believe

• 모르다 : don’t know

• ~을[를] 몰라 : I think you don’t know ~

• 정신 : (1) [=마음] mind, spirit; [=영혼] soul (2) [=의식] consciousness

• 차리다 : (1) [음식 등(food etc)] set, prepare, fix (2) [=의식을 되찾다] regain consciousness; [=분별력을 찾다] come to (one's senses), get back to one's senses, be brought to one's senses, wake up

• 정신 차리다 : (1) [의식(consciousness)] recover one's senses; recover; come round; come to (oneself) (2) [=긴장하다] collect one's mind; strain one's nerve; pay attention; be wide awake (3) [=각성하다] be awakened; become sober ; reform (oneself)

• 꿈(을) 깨다 : break one's dream

• 꿈 : dream

• 깨다 : [잠에서(from sleep)] wake (up), (formal) awaken, (literary ) awake (2) [술에서(from drunken state)]sober up, be sober (3) break; smash; shatter; crack (4) spoil; disturb




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