No. 17,260 in Korean
서툴었다
"Was clumsy" or "was unskilled."
In a sentence
그는 처음에는 자전거 타기에 서툴었다.
He was clumsy at riding a bicycle at first.
The word '서툴었다' in this sentence expresses the idea of lacking skill or being clumsy in performing the activity of riding a bicycle.
나는 스페인어로 대화하는 것이 서툴었다.
I was unskilled at conversing in Spanish.
Here, '서툴었다' highlights difficulty or lack of proficiency in using the Spanish language for conversation.
책상 조립은 처음이라 매우 서툴었다.
As it was the first time assembling a desk, I was very unskillful.
In this instance, '서툴었다' is used to describe a novice level of skill in assembling desks for the first time.
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