Lesson 21: Negative Sentences Flashcards
What are the two main ways to create negative sentences in Korean?
Either add 안 before a verb or use the negative verb ending, -지 않다
True or False: Adding 안 before a verb is the easier, more colloquial method
True
True or False: The negative verb ending, -지 않다 is relatively formal but it’s not necessarily used only in formal situations
True
True or False: The word 안 does not change the tense of a word/phrase
True
집에 안 가요
I’m not going home
집에 안 가요?
You’re not going home?
버리다
to throw away (verb)
그거 버렸어요
I threw it away
그거 안 버렸어요
I did not throw it away
아직
yet
그거 아직 안 버렸어요
I did not throw it away yet
What is -지 않다 in the present tense?
-지 않아요
What is -지 않다 in the past tense?
-지 않았어요
가지 않다
to not go (verb)
가지 않아요
I do not go/I’m not going
가지 않았어요
I did not go
버리지 않다
to not throw away (verb)
버리지 않아요
I do not throw it away
버리지 않았어요
I did not throw it away
아파요?
Does it hurt?
안 아파요
It doesn’t hurt
안 먹어요?
You’re not going to eat?
안 먹어요
I’m not eating
배고파요
I’m hungry
배 안 고파요
I’m not hungry
이거 매워요?
Is this spicy?
안 매워요
It’s not spicy
Which two groups of words do not follow the 안/지 않다 rule?
- 있다 (to be, exist, to have) and 없다 (to not be, not exist, to not have)
- 알다 (to know) and 모르다 (to not know)
안 줬어요
didn’t give/didn’t give it to…
아프다
to hurt (verb)
한국어 공부했어요?
Did you study Korean?
한국어 공부 안했어요
I did not study Korean
