{"id":6015,"date":"2018-08-29T23:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T04:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=6015"},"modified":"2018-08-30T06:55:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T11:55:02","slug":"2-ways-to-say-dont-in-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/2-ways-to-say-dont-in-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Say, \u201cDon\u2019t…\u201d in Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often talk to a group of friends who lived in foreign countries and enjoy listening to their experiences of living abroad. Over the years, I learned that one of the survival phrases they learned quickly was \u201cDon\u2019t…\u201d in different languages. I believe learning how to say, \u201cDon\u2019t…\u201d in Korean will become useful when you travel to Korea or simply try to understand K-dramas. In this post, I will explain how to say, \u201cDon\u2019t…\u201d in two different ways in Korean.<\/p>\n

There are several ways to compose negative sentences in the Korean language. As I explained in an ealier post, \u201cLike or Don\u2019t Like in Korean”<\/a>, especially in colloquial Korean, you can simply turn a positive statement into a negative one by adding \u00a0\u201c\uc548\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u201d \u00a0to a verb or to an adjective.<\/p>\n

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  1. \uc88b\uc544\ud574\uc694\u00a0<\/em><\/span>[jo-ah-hae-yo] : a polite form of the verb \u2018like\u2019 in Korean<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0ex) \uc800\ub294\u00a0<\/em>\ucee4\ud53c\ub97c\u00a0<\/em>\uc88b\uc544\ud574\uc694<\/u><\/em>.<\/em><\/span> : \u00a0I like<\/u>\u00a0 coffee. \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Polite<\/p>\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[jeo-neun keo-pee-reul jo-ah-hae-yo]<\/p>\n

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    1. \uc548<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>+ \uc88b\uc544\ud574\uc694<\/span> \u00a0<\/em>[ahn jo-ah hae-yo] : don\u2019t like<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0 ex) \uc800\ub294\u00a0<\/em>\ucee4\ud53c\ub97c\u00a0<\/em>\uc548<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/em>\uc88b\uc544\ud574\uc694<\/u><\/em>. \u00a0<\/u><\/em><\/span>: \u00a0 I don\u2019t like<\/u>\u00a0 coffee. \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Polite<\/p>\n

      \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [jeo-neun keo-pee-reul ahn jo-ah-hae-yo]<\/p>\n

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      1. \ube44\uc2f8\uc694<\/span> \u00a0<\/em>[bee-ssa-yo] : a polite form of the adjective \u2018 expensive\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u00a0 \u00a0ex) \uc2e0\ubc1c\uc774 \ube44\uc2f8\uc694<\/span>.<\/u><\/i><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>: \u00a0 Shoes are expensive<\/u>.\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Polite<\/p>\n

        \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[shin-bal-ee bee-ssa-yo]\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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        1. \uc548<\/span> \u00a0<\/em>+ \ube44\uc2f8\uc694<\/em><\/span> :\u00a0 not expensive \u2013\u00a0 Polite<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \u00a0 ex) \uc2e0\ubc1c\uc774\u00a0<\/em>\uc548 \u00a0<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/span>\ube44\uc2f8\uc694<\/span><\/u><\/i><\/em>.<\/u><\/em><\/span>\u00a0:\u00a0 Shoes are not expensive<\/u>.\u2013 Polite<\/p>\n

          \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[shin-bal-ee ahn bee-ssa-yo]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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          Photo by KLM<\/p><\/div>\n

          The following explanations refer to how to say negative imperative forms, \u201cDon\u2019t + Verb\u201d in Korean: Knowing how to say \u201c–<\/em>\uc9c0\u00a0<\/em>\ub9c8\uc138\uc694<\/em><\/span>\u201d and \u00a0\u201c–<\/em>\uc9c0<\/em>\ub9c8<\/em><\/span>,\u201d \u00a0will be useful when you need to request or command someone not to do something in Korean.<\/p>\n