Lesson 21: Negative Sentences

Question 1

What are the two main ways to create negative sentences in Korean?

Answer 1

Either add 안 before a verb or use the negative verb ending, -지 않다

Question 2

True or False: Adding 안 before a verb is the easier, more colloquial method

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False: The negative verb ending, -지 않다 is relatively formal but it’s not necessarily used only in formal situations

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False: The word 안 does not change the tense of a word/phrase

Answer 4

True

Question 5

집에 안 가요

Answer 5

I’m not going home

Question 6

집에 안 가요?

Answer 6

You’re not going home?

Question 7

버리다

Answer 7

to throw away (verb)

Question 8

그거 버렸어요

Answer 8

I threw it away

Question 9

그거 안 버렸어요

Answer 9

I did not throw it away

Question 10

아직

Answer 10

yet

Question 11

그거 아직 안 버렸어요

Answer 11

I did not throw it away yet

Question 12

What is -지 않다 in the present tense?

Answer 12

-지 않아요

Question 13

What is -지 않다 in the past tense?

Answer 13

-지 않았어요

Question 14

가지 않다

Answer 14

to not go (verb)

Question 15

가지 않아요

Answer 15

I do not go/I’m not going

Question 16

가지 않았어요

Answer 16

I did not go

Question 17

버리지 않다

Answer 17

to not throw away (verb)

Question 18

버리지 않아요

Answer 18

I do not throw it away

Question 19

버리지 않았어요

Answer 19

I did not throw it away

Question 20

아파요?

Answer 20

Does it hurt?

Question 21

안 아파요

Answer 21

It doesn’t hurt

Question 22

안 먹어요?

Answer 22

You’re not going to eat?

Question 23

안 먹어요

Answer 23

I’m not eating

Question 24

배고파요

Answer 24

I’m hungry

Question 25

배 안 고파요

Answer 25

I’m not hungry

Question 26

이거 매워요?

Answer 26

Is this spicy?

Question 27

안 매워요

Answer 27

It’s not spicy

Question 28

Which two groups of words do not follow the 안/지 않다 rule?

Answer 28

* 있다 (to be, exist, to have) and 없다 (to not be, not exist, to not have) * 알다 (to know) and 모르다 (to not know)

Question 29

안 줬어요

Answer 29

didn’t give/didn’t give it to…

Question 30

아프다

Answer 30

to hurt (verb)

Question 31

한국어 공부했어요?

Answer 31

Did you study Korean?

Question 32

한국어 공부 안했어요

Answer 32

I did not study Korean