모르다

moreuda · [모르다]

not know · be unable to · cannot · have no experience of

verbBeginner

Meanings

  1. not knowTo have no knowledge or understanding of a person, object or fact.
  2. be unable to; cannotTo not have certain knowledge, function or skill.
  3. have no experience of; have never experiencedTo have no experience of doing something.
  4. only care aboutTo disregard everything except for a certain thing.
  5. be not sure; mayTo say something by guessing or assuming something one is not sure of.
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  1. will never know; cannot imagineTo be incredible beyond description.
  2. not care; does not matterTo not care.
  3. not realizeTo do or say something without even realizing it.
  4. not feel; not realizeTo not feel.
  5. fail to do; would not doTo fail to do something one should.

Examples from Lessons (3)

There is an unfamiliar drink at the cafe.

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I do not know if there is a bus or train station nearby.

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민수는 길을 몰라서 지수에게 물어봐요.

Minsu does not know the way, so he asks Jisu.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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