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이/가 아니다

는 이/가 아니다 는 이/가 아니다

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• 이/가 아니다 is attached to nouns, and the result is the negation of ‘Noun+이다 (이다 being the copula); that is noun plus the negative form of the copula (아니디).

• In English, it translates to “NOT”.

• 이 아니다 is attached to nouns with final consonants (batchim) while 가 아니다 is attached to nouns with out final consonants.

가: 로사 씨는 가수예요? (Is Rosa a singer?)

나: 아니요. 미국 사람이 아니에요. (No. He is not American) 스페인 사람이에요. (He is Spanish.) watch this

나: 아니요. 가수가 아니에요. (No. She is not a singer.)

약사예요. 로사 씨의 동생, 로라가 가수예요. (She is a pharmacist. Rosa’s younger sibling, Laura, is a singer.)

• 는 is attached to verbs to modify the noun that follows after. Further, when used in a sentence, it means that the action is happening in the present.

가: 안토니오 씨는 미국 사람이에요? (Is Antonio American?) (v) 회사에 다니다 (to work for a company) + (n) 사람 (person) = 회사에 다니는 사람이에요 (a person who works in a company)

• It functions as a noun modifier.

(v) 한국어를 전공하다 (to major in Korean) + (n) 학생 (student) = 한국어를 전공하는 학생이에요 (a student who majors in Korean)

In cases of verbs with final consonant ㄹ like 만들다 (to make), 울다 (to cry), and 불다 (to blow), ㄹ should be omitted before adding 는 because of the Korean phonetic rule called ‘ㄹ omission’ which states that ㄹ should be omitted when it comes before ㄴ.

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