Lesson 18
왜 대답 안 해?
= Why are you not answering me?
When is this phrase usually used?
This expression can be heard in Korean dramas when one person is asking another person a question or waiting for a reaction, but the other person is just keeping quiet.
Vocabulary & Grammar Points
* 왜 [wae] = why; how come
Ex) 왜 숨어 있어요?
[wae su-meo i-sseo-yo?]
= Why are you hiding?
* 대답 [dae-dap] = answer
Ex) 솔직한 대답을 듣고 싶어요.
[sol-ji-kan dae-da-beul deut-go si-peo-yo.]
= I want to hear an honest answer.
* 안 [an] = not
Ex) 이거 별로 안 좋아요.
[i-geo byeol-lo an jo-a-yo.]
= This is not very good.
* 대답하다 [dae-da-pa-da] = to answer
Ex) 대답해 주세요.
[dae-da-pae ju-se-yo.]
= Please answer me.