How to Negate Words in Korean? Basic Korean Grammar

Negative sentences can be made either by negating the entire sentence or by negating a word. When making a negative sentence by negating a word, 이다 is changed to 아니다， 있다 is changed to 없다，and 알다 is changed to 모르다. Of these, 아니다 is written in the form 이/가 아니 다， but when used in the spoken form, 이/가 is often omitted.

Example:

한국사람이 에요. She is Korean.

한국사람이 아니에요. She is not Korean.

돈이 있어요I have money.

돈이 없어요.I don’t have any money.

한국말을알아요. I know Korean.

한국말을 몰라요.I don’t know Korean.

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