TTMIK Level 1 Lesson 21 negative sentences

Question 1

How to make negative sentences in Korean

Answer 1

1. Adding 안 [an] before a verb

2. Using the negative verb ending, 지 않다 [ji an-ta]

Question 2

Adding 안 [an] before a verb

Answer 2

Method #1 is more simple and more colloquial, and

Question 3

Using the negative verb ending, 지 않다 [ji an-ta]

Answer 3

method #2 is relatively formal but not necessarily only for

formal situations.

Question 4

Difference of the two?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

집에 가요

Answer 5

I’m going home. / I go home

Question 6

집에 안 가요.

Answer 6

I’m NOT going home. / I DON’T go home

Question 7

집에 안 가요?

Answer 7

You’re NOT going home? / You DON’T go home?

Question 8

그거 버렸어요

Answer 8

I threw it away

Question 9

그거 안 버렸어요

Answer 9

I DIDN’T throw it away.

Question 10

그거 아직 안 버렸어요

Answer 10

I DIDN’T throw it away yet.

Question 11

지 않다

Answer 11

[ji anta] is the basic form and you need to conjugate it according to the tense, too.

Question 12

Present tense of 지 않다?

Answer 12

지 않아요 [ji a-na-yo]

Question 13

Past tense of 지 않다?

Answer 13

지 않았어요

Question 14

가지 않아요

Answer 14

I DON’T go. / I’m NOT going.

Question 15

가지 않았어요

Answer 15

I DIDN’T go.

Question 16

버리지 않아요

Answer 16

I DON’T throw it away.

Question 17

버리지 않았어요

Answer 17

I DIDN’T throw it away.

Question 18

A: 아파요?
B: 안 아파요.
A: 안 아파요? 진짜 안 아파요?
B: 안 아파요

Answer 18

Does it hurt?
It doesn’t hurt.
It doesn’t hurt? It really doesn’t hurt?
It doesn’t hurt.

Question 19

A. 안 먹어요?
B: 안 먹어요!
A: 정말 안 먹어요? 맛있어요
B: 안 먹어요. 배 안 고파요

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

A: 이거 매워요?
B: 아니요. 안 매워요
A: 진짜 안 매워요?
B: 네. 안 매워요.

Answer 20

Is this spicy?
No. It’s not spicy.
It’s really not spicy?
No, it’s not spicy.