Most of you might know that -지 않다 is one of the common ways of constructing negative sentences.
If you have already learned this ending, then you will know that you simply add -지 않다 to the verb stem: 공부하다(I study) vs. 공부하지 않다 (I do not study) 좋다 (to be good) vs. 좋지 않다 (to not be good)
But, did you know that -지 않다 can be shortened when it is used with 하다 verbs?
There are two situations where this is done.
Here is the first:
1. If the syllable preceding 하다 ends with the consonantsㄹ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅇ, or any vowel , the ㅏ vowel in 하 is omitted.
You are left with “verb stem +ㅎ” (만만하다 --> 만만ㅎ) (만만하다 means to be easy to deal with, docile, to be full of)
2. Add -지 않다 --> “verb stem + ㅎ + 지 않다”
3. In Korean, ㅎ + ㅈ = ㅊ --> “verb stem + 치않다”
If you have already learned this ending, then you will know that you simply add -지 않다 to the verb stem: 공부하다(I study) vs. 공부하지 않다 (I do not study) 좋다 (to be good) vs. 좋지 않다 (to not be good)
But, did you know that -지 않다 can be shortened when it is used with 하다 verbs?
There are two situations where this is done.
Here is the first:
1. If the syllable preceding 하다 ends with the consonantsㄹ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅇ, or any vowel , the ㅏ vowel in 하 is omitted.
You are left with “verb stem +ㅎ” (만만하다 --> 만만ㅎ) (만만하다 means to be easy to deal with, docile, to be full of)
2. Add -지 않다 --> “verb stem + ㅎ + 지 않다”
3. In Korean, ㅎ + ㅈ = ㅊ --> “verb stem + 치않다”
