【-이/가 아니다】Let’s spearking negative sentence in Korean.

We will study negative sentences here.

‘-이/가 아니다’ is the first negative sentence that people who study Korean learn.

Let’s spearking negative sentence in Korean.

How to use「-이/가 아니다」

The sentence “not ~” in Korean

You can use ‘-아니다’ to make sentences like “not ~”.

You use ‘-아니다’ in the form of ‘-이/가 아닙니다’.

You must combine ‘-이/가 아닙니다’ with nouns too.

Same as ‘-입니다’, You must combine ‘-이/가 아닙니다’ with nouns too.

You use different postpositional particle ‘-이/가’, on the presence or absence of patchim.

No patchim

저는 배우가 아닙니다.
I’m not an actor.

지수씨는 간호사가 아닙니다.
Jisoo is not a nurse.

You use ‘-가’, when no patchim.

Have a patchim

저는 대학생이 아닙니다.
I’m not a college student.

상우씨는 경찰관이 아닙니다.
Sangwoo is not a police officer.

You use ‘-이’, when have a patchim.

Three basic postpositional particles.

Nouns are used with particles.

You should learn these little by little.

Let’s ask where someone comes from.

Ask where someone comes from.

Let’s use ‘-이/가 아닙니다’ to communication.

이소룡씨는 한국 사람입니까?
Mr. Lee, are you a Korean?

아니요, 저는 한국 사람이 아닙니다.
No, I’m not Korean.

그럼 어느 나라 사람입니까?
Then, where are you from?

저는 중국 사람입니다.
I’m Chinese.

‘country + 사람’ means the nationality, And you can ask country of origin with ‘어느 나라’.

The name of coutry in korean.

Let’s practice while learning the name of the country.

Talk about where live in.

If you use the city name instead of the country name, you can ask where live in.

민기씨는 서울 사람입니까?
Mr. mingi, are you living in Seoul?

아니요, 저는 서울 사람이 아닙니다.
No, I don’t live in Seoul.

그럼 어디 사람입니까?
Then, where are you living in?

저는 부산 사람입니다.
I’m living in Busan.

Let’s practice ‘the city name + 사람’ too.

The city name and Korean.

For example, 인천 사람 mean “He lives in Incheon.” or “He is from Incheon”.

Let’s actively learn the names of cities and countries that you think you use a lot.