Let’s learn about "말•잇•못"

말•잇•못 = 말을 잇지 못하다 = 어리둥절해서 말을 할 수 없는 상태 : someone is at a loss of words

* 말 : a word

* -을 : a object particle after a word ends in a consonant

* 잇다 : (1) join[link] (sth to sth), connect (sth with/to sth); piece (sth) together (2) continue, keep[go] on (with) (3) inherit, succeed, carry on, take over

* 잇지 : 잇(the stem of 잇다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 못하다 : can’t do

* 어리둥절하다 : puzzled, dazed, perplexed, confused, bewildered

- 어리둥절한 표정으로 : with a puzzled[dazed; perplexed] look

* 어리둥절해서 : 어리둥절하(the stem of 어리둥절하다) + -어서(because of; since; owing to)

* 말 : a word

* -을 : a object particle after a word ends in a consonant

* 하다 : do

* 말하다 / 말을 하다 : say; tell ; speak

* 하지 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 못하다 : can’t do

* 못하는 : 못하(the stem of 못하다) + -는(a suffix mskes a verb present tense and attributive)

* 상태 : state;  condition