{"id":151,"date":"2009-10-22T15:42:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T19:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=151"},"modified":"2009-10-22T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T19:42:47","slug":"is-not-am-not-are-not-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/is-not-am-not-are-not-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Not, Am Not, Are Not, No"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s say that you see a painting and you say ‘\uadf8 \uc5ec\uc790\ub294 \ub204\uad6c\uc608\uc694’<\/strong>? (\uadf8<\/strong> = that. \uc5ec\uc790<\/strong> = girl. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \ub204\uad6c<\/strong> = who. \uc608\uc694<\/strong> = copula meaning ‘is’.) In English this sentence would mean, ‘Who is that girl?’ As a response the artist of the painting could reply, ‘\uc5ec\uac00\uac00 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694’<\/strong> or ‘it’s not a girl’. Take a look at another example, \uc800\ub294 \ud55c\uad6d \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>, (\uc800<\/strong> = I. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \ud55c\uad6d<\/strong> = Korean. \uc0ac\ub78c<\/strong> = person. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \uc544\ub2c8<\/strong> = not. \uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = means ‘am’.) which means ‘I am not a Korean person’. In this case, \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> takes on the meaning of ‘am not’.<\/p>\n

The word \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> negates things. In the sentence above \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> takes on the meaning of ‘not’. However \uc544\ub2c8\uc608\uc694<\/strong> can also take on the meaning of ‘no’. For instance in this sentence, \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>, \uc800\ub294 \ubbf8\uad6d \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>, the \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> takes on the meaning ‘no’ instead of ‘not’. (\uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = no, in the standard polite form. \uc800<\/strong> = I. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marking particle. \ubbf8\uad6d<\/strong> = America. \uc0ac\ub78c<\/strong> = person. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marking particle. \uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = is.) In English the sentence means, ‘No, I am not an American person’. You can also say, \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>, \uc800\ub294 \ud55c\uad6d \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774<\/strong> \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>. \uc800\ub294 \ubbf8\uad6d \uc0ac\ub78c\uc774\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>, which emphasizes that you’re not a Korean person even more.<\/p>\n

Generally when \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> is placed at the beginning of the sentence, it takes on the meaning of ‘no’. When \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> comes at the end of the sentence, it takes on the meaning of ‘not’. Also, the meaning ‘no’ and ‘not’ can also be expressed as \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong>. \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694 <\/strong>is the standard polite way of saying ‘no’ or ‘not’, but \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong> is the deferential polite way of saying ‘no’ or ‘not’. For example you could say ‘\uc800\ub294 \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\ub2e4’<\/strong> or ‘it’s not me’. (\uc800<\/strong> = polite way to say ‘I’. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marking particle after a vowel. \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong> = deferential polite way of saying ‘not’.)<\/p>\n

You can also use \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> and \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong> in the interrogative form. For example you could say, \uc2b9\ubbf8 \uc9d1\uc774 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong>? or \uc8fc\ub098 \uc528 \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\uae4c<\/strong>? In English this would mean something like ‘It’s not Sungmi’s house?’ or ‘Are [you]\u00a0not Mr. Juna?’ (\uc2b9\ubbf8<\/strong> = Sungmi (a person’s name). \uc9c0<\/strong> = house\/home. \uc774<\/strong> = subject marking particle used after consonants. \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> = ‘not’. \uc8fc\ub098<\/strong> = Juna. \uc528<\/strong> = can mean Mr.\/Ms. \uc544\ub2d9\ub2c8\uae4c<\/strong> = deferential interrogative form of ‘not’.) You might have also noticed that \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694<\/strong> is not spelled as \uc544\ub2c8\uc608\uc694<\/strong>, the difference being that one has the \uc5d0<\/strong> and the other has \uc608<\/strong> even though \uc544\ub2c8 <\/strong>ends in a vowel. That’s because \uc544\ub2c8 is not a noun, and so it doesn’t follow the normal conventions for vowel and consonant endings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s say that you see a painting and you say ‘\uadf8 \uc5ec\uc790\ub294 \ub204\uad6c\uc608\uc694’? (\uadf8 = that. \uc5ec\uc790 = girl. \ub294 = topic marking particle. \ub204\uad6c = who. \uc608\uc694 = copula meaning ‘is’.) In English this sentence would mean, ‘Who is that girl?’ As a response the artist of the painting could reply, ‘\uc5ec\uac00\uac00 \uc544\ub2c8\uc5d0\uc694’ or…<\/p>\n

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