Learn Korean (TTMIK)

Lesson 8

In this lesson, you can learn how to say something is NOT something.

Now, let’s review. Do you remember how to say “this” “that” and “the/it” in Korean?

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i = this (near you)

i-geo or i-geot = this thing, this item, this stuff, this fact

geu = the / that (near the other person)

 geu-geo or geu-geot = the thing, the item, that one, it

jeo = that (over there)

jeo-geo or jeo-geot = that thing over there

sa-ram means a person

i sa-ram = this person, this man here, this lady here, he, she

geu sa-ram = the person, that person, he, she

jeo sa-ram = that person over there, he, she

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a-ni-e-yo = to be not, it is not, you are not

a-ni-e-yo is the present tense form in the formal language of the verb a-ni-da (to be

not). So a-ni-e-yo means “It’s not.” “I am not.” “You’re not.” “He/she is not.” and etc.

Whenver you want to say that something is NOT something, you can say a subject

and a-ni-e-yo.

NOUN + a-ni-e-yo = TO BE NOT + NOUN

Example:

jeo a-ni-e-yo = It’s not me.

u-yu a-ni-e-yo = It’s not milk.

mul a-ni-e-yo = It’s not water.

If you want to say “This is not milk.” “I am not a student.” “That’s not a park.” and etc, you can

add a word at the beginning of the sentence.

milk = u-yu

not milk = u-yu a-ni-e-yo

This is not milk. = i-geo u-yu a-ni-e-yo

student = hak-saeng

not a student = hak-saeng a-ni-e-yo

I am not a student. = jeo hak-saeng a-ni-e-yo

liquor = sul

not liquor = sul a-ni-e-yo

That is not liquor. = jeo-geo sul a-ni-e-yo

cat = go-yang-i

not a cat = go-yang-i a-ni-e-yo

It is not a cat. = geu-geo go-yang-i a-ni-e-yo