못하다 — to be bad at / unable to do

Explanation

못하다 means “to be bad at / unable to do.” This page gives the polite conversation set: present, past, future, progressive, desire (-고 싶어요), and a please form — not only the bare dictionary 다 form.

Conjugation notes for 못하다: Regular X하다 pattern (해요 / 했어요 / 할 거예요).

Put 못하다 in real frames with time (지금/어제/내일), place (학교/집/카페), and object particles when needed. Charts without sentences do not stick.

Drill path: say 못해요 three times → full sentence with 지금 → switch to 못했어요 with 어제 → 못할 거예요 with 내일. Then open the interactive conjugator for any hesitation.

Next step: link a vocabulary leaf, a grammar ending page (-아요/어요, -고 있다), and keep speech levels consistent across the sentence.

못하다 is taught here as “to be bad at / unable to do.” Learners often stop at a flashcard gloss; real fluency needs collocations, speech level, and one or two sentences you can actually say today.

Listen to the Hangul, shadow it once slowly, then once at natural speed. If romanization helps the first day, turn it off the second day so your eyes lock onto 못하다, not Latin letters.

Connect this page to nearby Chamelingo lessons and tools. Isolated tips do not stick; a graph of vocabulary + grammar + speaking does. Use the related links at the bottom to keep walking the graph.

When you can explain “못하다 — to be bad at / unable to do” in one plain English sentence and produce one new Korean example without looking, you are ready to move on — then review again within 24 hours.

Key lines to keep: Present: 못해요 · Past: 못했어요 · Future: 못할 거예요 · Progressive: 못하고 있어요. Copy one into your notes and reuse it in a different place or time expression tonight.