2023-06-13

Let's learn about "골프를 좋아하는데 잘하지는 못해요"

골프를 좋아하는데 잘하지는 못해요 = 골프를 좋아하지만 잘 못해요 : I like golfing, but I’m not good at it; Golfing is good, but I don’t have the talent; I like to go golfing, but I’m afraid I’m just a beginner; I like to golf, but I’m just a novice.

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A. 이번 주말에 골프 치러 갈래? : Do you want to go golfing this weekend?

B. 골프 좋지, 근데 잘 치지는 못해 : Golfing is good, but I don’t have the talent

[other expressions]
- 골프를 좋아하는데  잘(하지는) 못한다. (to younger people or friends)
- 골프를 좋아하는데  잘(하지는) 못하네. (to younger people or friends)
- 골프를 좋아하는데  잘(하지는) 못해. (to younger people or friends)
- 골프를 좋아하는데  잘(하지는) 못하네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 골프를 좋아하는데  잘(하지는) 못해요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 골프를 좋아하는데  잘(하지는) 못합니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[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; this omitted

* 난 : a short form of 나는
* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 골프 : golf
* -를 : a particle makes 골프 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 좋은 : good
* 좋다 : [Pronuncition: 조타] be good
* 좋게 : an adverb form of 좋다 by '-게'

* 좋아하다 : like
* 좋아하지만 : 좋아하(the stem of 좋아하다) + -지만(but)

* 잘 : well
* 잘하다 : do well <-- 잘 + 하다(do)
* 잘하지는 : 잘하(the stem of 잘하다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance) + -는(a suffix emphasizes 잘하지)

* 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

* 잘 못하다 : can’t do well

* 못해 : 못하(the stem of 못하다) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 못합니다 : 못하(the stem of 못하다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* -지 못하다 : can’t do

* 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’

* 이번 : [=금번] this time; [=현재] now; [=다음번] next time; [=머지않아] shortly; soon; [=최근] recently; lately
- 이번 시험 (미래) : the next examination
- 이번 회기 중에 : during this session
- 이번에 부산으로 전근했습니다 : I have been transferred to Pusan
- 이번 사고에서는 부상자가 없었다 : There were no injuries in the recent[this] accident
- 이번에 아래 장소로 이사했습니다 : I have (recently) moved to the address given below

* 주말 : [週末] the weeken
* -에 : a time suffiz

* 골프 : golf
* -를 : a particle makes 골프 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 치다 : (1) hit (2) play (games like badminton, tennis, golf) in the sentence

* 배드민턴을 치다 = 배드민턴치다 : play badminton
* 테니스를 치다 = 테니스치다 : play tennis
* 골프를 치다 = 골프치다 : play golf

* 치러 : 치(the stem of 치다) + -러(in order to)

* 가다 : go
* -러 가다 : go to do

* 갈래요? : 가(the stem of 가다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a popositive verb ending suffix means "Do you want to do?") + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 좋지 : 좋(the stem of 좋다) + -지(sentence-final ending used when the speaker talks about himself/herself or his/her thoughts in a friendly manner)

* 근데 : a short form of 그런데(but; however; and yet; by the way; by the bye)

* 잘 치다 : play (the golf) well

* 치지는 : 치(the stem of 치다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance) + -는(a suffix emphasizes 잘하지)

* 못하다 : can't do; be bad at; be poor at

* 못해 : 못하(the stem of 못하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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