"그릴 줄 모르는 남자가 책을 차요."

Translation: The man who cannot draw kicks the book.

[yibomp3]

contrary to most people i think those nonsensical questions are good? because instead of guessing what the sentence means by context it forces you to evaluate each word therefore strengthening your knowledge

[notjustmarko]

Exactly. I love nonsensical questions as they make you think hard. Also, pretty sure there is algorithm behind the structure itself that puts them together.

[Staffan431948]

Analyzing sentences is explicit learning. The whole point of Duolingo is to learn implicitly in order to get procedural skills.

[patrickmcguire1]

Agreed.

[mujin533376]

absolutely agreed! Helps to remember...

[bdrnglm]

"The man who doesn't know how to draw" should be valid for "그릴 줄 모르는 남자" right?

[Sarah610755]

This is still not accepted Nov 20; flagged.

[dipagssi]

"The man who does not know how to draw kicks the book." was accepted for me - 2020 년 12 월 9 일

[anabel428159]

Yes I agree it should be right... just answered the same and duolingo didn't accept it

[AshlynnO.]

Yes, it makes sense and that is more grammatically correct (in korean to english translation)

[ID-007]

Is this a Korean proverb/saying related to education?

[MartaZamar]

That's what I was wondering as well... You can never be sure with Duo's crazy sentences. XD

[Mary39533]

Can someone tell me why 줄 is there?

[oee16]

Grammatical structure:

~ㄹ/을 줄 모르다 = not have the know-how to

Conventional usage: to express incompetence; lack of skill.

Colloquial usage: interchangeable with another structure  –지 못하다  = not have the ability to (* not to mix up with -를 못하다, be not good at)

Usage: to express inability, impossibility within context, foreseeable future.

Edited March2020

[jlseymour3]

So it's literal meaning is "does not know how to" but idiomatically it means "cannot." That's helpful, thanks.

[ARS72_]

우와

[Komerinam]

"Doesn not know how to draw" is better translation than "cannot draw".