한국어를 조금 할 줄 알아요

[seah7259]

Hi, can you explain the meaning and usage of 할 and 줄 in this sentence 한국어를 조금 할 줄 알아요.

고맙습니다.

[jaehwi]

Hi, I'm Jaehwi Lee from Koreanclass101.com

As you know, 하다 is the verb meaning 'to do' and its verb-stem is '하-'

If you add ㄹ or 을, which makes verbs to be nouns, with the verb-stem '하-', it becomes 할, which means 'doing' (to do -> doing)

줄 means 'the way' or 'how to do something'

So, if you say 할 줄 알아요. it means 'to know the way of (-ing)'

So literally, 한국어를 조금 할 줄 알아요 means 'I know how the way of doing(speaking) Korean a little bit'




I hoep this helps.

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