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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