No. 19,191 in Korean
안돼서
"안돼서" means "because it doesn't work" or "because it cannot happen."
In a sentence
일이 안돼서 집에서 작업하기로 했어요.
The work wasn't progressing well, so I decided to work from home.
The word '안돼서' here is used to describe that something (the work) wasn't going well, leading to a consequence of working from home.
약속을 안돼서 나는 그 대신 다른 날짜로 옮겼어요.
The appointment didn't work out, so I rescheduled it to another date.
In this sentence, '안돼서' is used to mean that the appointment could not be kept, leading to rescheduling to another date.
기계를 안돼서 다시 가동하는 데 시간이 걸렸어요.
The machine malfunctioned, so it took time to restart it.
Here, '안돼서' represents the machine failing to operate properly, which resulted in the necessity to restart it.
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