"우리 아빠께서는 운전하실 줄 모르세요."

Translation: My dad does not know how to drive.

[LiKenun]

운전하실 줄 모르세요: does not know how to drive

줄 here is part of the grammatical pattern ㄹ 줄 모르다 similar to how 수 is part of the grammatical pattern ㄹ 수 있다.

줄 is defined on Naver as a bound noun used to indicate a certain method or actual content.

[MadsNrgaar1]

But why is it 운전하실? where does the 운전하시 come from? (with focus on the 시)

[LiKenun]

-시- is the honorific affix.

[Jeong-JinL]

Infix to be specific.

[Jofanwang]

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

[mcguirepatr]

Nice explanation.

[ItsSejong]

What does the 수 mean?

[Subrisus]

ㄹ 수 있다 indicates something that can be done

[lera99588]

ability

[BobaBunny5]

Is 줄 similar to an honorific/more polite version of 수? Or is it a more specific way to describe the action that "can" be done?

[KikaTM]

So far, I know about these 3 different ways to express the same meaning of (not) knowing how to do something:

1. 우리 아빠께서는 운전하실 줄 모르세요. (~ㄹ/을 줄)
2. 우리 아빠께서는 운전하시는 것을 모르세요. (~는 것)
3. 우리 아빠께서는 어떻게 운전하시는지 모르세요. (~는지)

The second one, using ~는 것 may sound quite strange tho.
Are there any other constructions that are used to express "to (not) know how to do sth." ?

[Jennifer921388]

Isn't 아빠 very informal? Why does it have the formal suffix 께서?

[mxriii]

It's kind of hard to explain, but the use of 아빠 works better in this case. It's not very informal, either.

[SvedishPlumber]

So it makes more sense to use 아빠 instead of 아버지 here?

[Iron_Venema]

Wondering that too

[BryantOB]

우리 can also mean "our" as well as "my" so "Our dad doesn't know how to drive" should also be correct.

[DengkeSha]

Isn't this ㄹ 줄 grammar structure used strangely here? The sentences seem weird.

[LesChristiansen]

Will someone please explain how the plural 우리 can mean "my"

[eduardoxxi98]

In Korea, when you talk about something or someone that is shared with other people like: family, school, home. You use the 우리 to give a more polite meaning of "my"

Example: 우리 집은 아름다워요 (Our [my] house is beautiful)

[ashleythegato]

me when drive jojo music plays