Lesson 8
In this lesson, you can learn how to say “not” or “something is NOT something”.
아니에요 = to be not, it is not, you are not
아니에요 [a-ni-e-yo] is the present tense form in the polite/formal language of the verb 아니다 (to be not). So 아니에요 [a-ni-e-yo] means “it is not”, “I am not”, “you are not”, “he/she is not”, etc.
* As you will notice later on, all Korean verbs end in “-다” in the dictionary. When you look up a word and it ends in “-다”, that is most likely a verb.
Whenever you want to say that something is NOT something, you can say the subject and then add 아니에요 [a-ni-e-yo].
Conjugation
Noun + 아니에요 = To be not + Noun
Sample Sentences
저 아니에요. [jeo a-ni-e-yo.] = It is not me.
우유 아니에요. [u-yu a-ni-e-yo.] = It is not milk.
물 아니에요. [mul a-ni-e-yo.] = It is not water.
If you want to say, “This is not milk”, “I am not a student”, “That is not a park”, and so on, you can add the noun at the beginning of the sentence.
Sample Sentences
milk = 우유 [u-yu]
not milk = 우유 아니에요. [u-yu a-ni-e-yo.]
This is not milk. = 이거 우유 아니에요. [i-geo u-yu a-ni-e-yo.]
student = 학생 [hak-ssaeng]
not a student = 학생 아니에요 [hak-ssaeng a-ni-e-yo.]
I am not a student. = 저 학생 아니에요. [jeo hak-ssaeng a-ni-e-yo.]
liquor = 술 [sul]
not liquor = 술 아니에요 [sul a-ni-e-yo.]
That is not liquor. = 저거 술 아니에요. [jeo-geo sul a-ni-e-yo.]
cat = 고양이 [go-yang-i]
not a cat = 고양이 아니에요 [go-yang-i a-ni-e-yo.]
It is not a cat. = 그거 고양이 아니에요. [geu-geo go-yang-i a-ni-e-yo.]
tiger = 호랑이 [ho-rang-i]
not a tiger = 호랑이 아니에요 [ho-rang-i a-ni-e-yo.]
It is not a tiger. = 그거 호랑이 아니에요. [geu-geo ho-rang-i a-ni-e-yo.]