~지 못하다

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One more thing about 못하다. Similar in structure to ~지 않다, you can also write ~지 못하다 to have the same meaning as 못. For example:

저는 어제 못 잤어요 AND
저는 어제 자지 못했어요 have the same meaning (I didn't sleep [well] last night)

Remember that 못 and ~지 못하다 have the same meaning, which is subtly different than 를 못하다:

저는 어제 못 공부했어요 - I didn't study well yesterday/I couldn't study yesterday
저는 어제 공부하지 못했어요 - I didn't study well yesterday/I couldn't study yesterday
저는 공부를 못해요 - I am bad at studying

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