"I speak Korean well."

Translation: 저는 한국어를 잘합니다.

[JackChrist665402]

If I could I wouldn't be here!

[HanKang_2003]

저도요!(me too!)

[_Giovanna_Fiore_]

저는 한국어를 잘못합니다 ㅠㅠ

[vngdhuyen]

just want to make a little correction, the antonym of 잘하다 is 못하다, not 잘못하다.

*저는 한국어를 못합니다.

[AmandaStok10]

Point is proven lol

[swoomyn]

But some uses 잘못해

[ARS72_]

잘못해 literally means "cant do well" so it is still correct

[JVerbelF]

잘못 is even correct, in TTMIK they teach it as well.

[David215590]

못하다 is "cannot do."

And that's different than doing well.

However,

잘못한다 is the opposite, with the 못 cancelling out the 잘... ie: cannot do well, or doing poorly.

[beepbeep-x]

Lmao roasted

[lutfunnaha1]

Korean is a hard language...

[Arcana01]

I can speak English and Filipino and even with my fascination with the Korean Language, I am so glad I was taught English first because seriously...sometimes English likes to be an ass and ignore their own rules.

[cccchhaarrrr]

Isn't that all languages though haha

[swoomyn]

Disagree. it's even easier than english since english isn't my first language also

[rainy3000]

English is very precise, with a word for everything. Sorry!

[Honeymochitea]

Yes, and the order is interesting, but transitioning over to Korean from English is challenging.

[IshmaelRuf]

저는 한국어를 안 잘합니다

[AK2RA]

*저는 한국어를 잘 안 합니다.

[Quinnlimm]

So the literal translation would be " I Korean well speak" ? So, adjectives come before the verb?

[AlleleGrea]

Yes. Korean follows subject-object-verb (SOV) structure rather than subject-verb-object (SVO) which is what English grammar follows. All sentences would usually end with a verb.

[JaedaMoon]

Yes English grammar does not apply to the alot of the world, which there is nothing wrong with that, its just different that's all

[Druckles]

Does word order of topic/object particles matter here?

[the_crait]

I believe in most circumstances, it does.

[speakernight]

Lol, i read that "yea, i can Korean well"

[Yoko700675]

literally translating yes, i can Korean well.. hahaha..

[Csantac]

How could you ask if someone can speak well? 잘합니까?

[korbagov]

Would it be correct if i just say "한국어를 잘합니다"

[SvedishPlumber]

Yeah, the subject can be dropped off given enough context

[Okawoa]

나는 한국어를 잘 말해요?

[SimiIe]

What does the 를 extension mean in respect to the rest of the word?

[vngdhuyen]

it indicates the direct object of the verb.

[David215590]

한국말 works just as well as 한국어.

[FreyanBram]

사나 얼

[Himaxi2]

I am Indian and in Hindi language structure of sentence is same as Korean language : S O V

[Quinnlimm]

So the literal translarion would be " I Korean well speak"? So adjectives come before the verb...

[Kat376907]

I wish!

[oddeyed1]

not quite there yet but okay..

[E1M9]

But.....저는 힌국어를 잘못한다

[JesseMaes]

I think this should also be okay, but I'm not 100% sure: 저는 하국어로 잘 말합니다

[pvkmai]

I put this in for the answer, but Duolingo said I got it wrong

[pvkmai]

Anybody know why?

[lil_meow.meow]

i put that asnwer and duolingo said i was right

[rainy3000]

I put it for the answer and was told I have a typo.

[VanillaBel1]

I put this for the answer and it said I got it right but it then shows "저는 한국어를 잘합니다" as "Another correct solution"

[swoomyn]

Don't get any language patterns are the same as english, not all of them are so.

[Jeremiah743374]

"저는 한국어를 잘 말합니다" was also accepted.

[1VO14]

저는 한국말을 잘 합나다 . why not?

[marianakim389429]

어를 CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THIS MEANS? THANKS

[David215590]

한국어를 = "한국" and "어" + "를".

한국 = Korea

어 = language (in this sentence)

를 = object marker (which lets the reader know that the word it's attached to is the object of the sentence)

[Dindaniel]

Why we should use 라국어를? What actually the function of를?

[Danielle412749]

when do you use 나는?

[lutfunnaha1]

So sad...

[jam51728]

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

[Maximilianene]

Forro.

[jam51728]

Hey man