TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 21 negative sentences Flashcards
How to make negative sentences in Korean
- Adding 안 [an] before a verb
2. Using the negative verb ending, 지 않다 [ji an-ta]
Adding 안 [an] before a verb
Method #1 is more simple and more colloquial, and
Using the negative verb ending, 지 않다 [ji an-ta]
method #2 is relatively formal but not necessarily only for
formal situations.
Difference of the two?
If you want to use method #1, and add 안 [an] before a verb, it’s easier than method #2 because you don’t
have to worry about the different tenses of your sentences. The word 안 [an] doesn’t change the tense
집에 가요
I’m going home. / I go home
집에 안 가요.
I’m NOT going home. / I DON’T go home
집에 안 가요?
You’re NOT going home? / You DON’T go home?
그거 버렸어요
I threw it away
그거 안 버렸어요
I DIDN’T throw it away.
그거 아직 안 버렸어요
I DIDN’T throw it away yet.
지 않다
[ji anta] is the basic form and you need to conjugate it according to the tense, too.
Present tense of 지 않다?
지 않아요 [ji a-na-yo]
Past tense of 지 않다?
지 않았어요
가지 않아요
I DON’T go. / I’m NOT going.
가지 않았어요
I DIDN’T go.
버리지 않아요
I DON’T throw it away.
버리지 않았어요
I DIDN’T throw it away.
A: 아파요?
B: 안 아파요.
A: 안 아파요? 진짜 안 아파요?
B: 안 아파요
Does it hurt?
It doesn’t hurt.
It doesn’t hurt? It really doesn’t hurt?
It doesn’t hurt.
A. 안 먹어요?
B: 안 먹어요!
A: 정말 안 먹어요? 맛있어요
B: 안 먹어요. 배 안 고파요
You are not going to eat?
I’m not eating!
You are really not going to eat? It’s delicious
I’m not eating. I’m not hungry.
A: 이거 매워요?
B: 아니요. 안 매워요
A: 진짜 안 매워요?
B: 네. 안 매워요.
Is this spicy?
No. It’s not spicy.
It’s really not spicy?
No, it’s not spicy.
