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