Let's learn about "너 없이는 못했다"

너 없이는 못했다 : I couldn't have done it without you

[other expressions]

- 너 없이는 못했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 너 없이는 못했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 너 없이는 못했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 오빠 없이는 못했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오빠 없이는 못했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오빠 없이는 못했습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)

* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted

* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted

* 니 / 너 : you (non-honourific word)

* 오빠 : a brother of a girl; a man is older than a woman (honourific word)

* -가 : a particle makes 니 / 너 / 오빠 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 없다 : (1) [=존재하지 않다] there is no ‥; do not exist (2) [=갖고 있지 않다] have no ‥; be without; [=보이지 않다] be missing; cannot be found (3) 결여되다] want; lack; be wanting[lacking]

- 내가 없는 동안에 : during my absence / while I am away

- 없는 거나 다름없다 : be next to nothing

- 대답하는 사람이 없었다 : No one answered

- 그래도 없는 것보다는 낫다 : It's better than nothing

- 돈이 없다 : have no money

- 할 일이 없다 : have nothing to do

- 나는 아이[친척]가 없다 : I have no children[relatives / kith and kin]

- 나는 흥미가 없다 : I'm not interested

- 더 이상 말할 것이 없다 : I have nothing more to say

- 예의가 없다 : lack good manners

* 없이 : [adverb] without; sans; minus

- 휴일도 없이 : without holidays

- 예외 없이 : without exceptions

- 할 수 없이 : unavoidably / out of sheer necessity

- 한푼 없이 되다 become penniless

- 생물은 물 없이는 살아갈 수 없다 : Without water, nothing can live

* 없이는 : 없이 + -는/은/ㄴ(a suffix emphasizes 없이)

* 못하다 : (1) [=수준이 떨어지다] inferior (to) (2) [used as a form of "못해도") at least (3) [=잘하지 못하다] be bad[poor] (at), be weak (in); can’t

- 훨씬 못하다 : fall[be] far beneath (in)

- 그녀를 짝사랑하는 남자가 못해도 다섯 명은 될 것이다 : At least five men have a crush on her

- 저는 노래를 못해요 : I'm a terrible singer

* 못했다 : past tense of 못하다 by '-었-'

* 못했습니다 : 못했(the stem of 못했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스’ / ‘-ㅂ’