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-지 말다: Prohibitive Form "Don't..."
2024-12-09
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Example Sentences#

  1. 멈추지 마, 이 순간1
    Don’t stop, not in this moment

    • 멈추다 means ‘to stop’.
    • -지 말다 is a negation pattern used for imperatives, with attached to the verb stem and 말다 as an auxiliary verb to negate commands.
  2. 걱정하지 마.2
    Don’t worry.

    • 걱정하다 means ‘to worry’.
    • -지 말다 is a negation pattern used for imperatives, with attached to the verb stem and 말다 as an auxiliary verb to negate commands.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from Blue Breeze Song.

  2. Sentence from What Is On The Menu Tonight.

-지 말다: Prohibitive Form "Don't..."
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Published at
2024-12-09