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안: Adverbial Negation
Example Sentences
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“호랑이도 안 무서워하는 아기가 곶감은 무서워하네?1
“So a baby who isn’t even scared of a tiger is afraid of a dried persimmon?- 안 is a negation adverb meaning ‘not’, used before verbs to negate them.
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너 진짜 밥 안 먹고 사는 거 아니야?2
Are you really living without eating proper meals?- 안 is a negation adverb meaning ‘not’, used before verbs to negate them.
Footnotes
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Sentence from The Tiger And The Dried Persimmon. ↩
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Sentence from What Is On The Menu Tonight. ↩
안: Adverbial Negation
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