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Negation

Some predicates have a corresponding negated predicate. Some predicates are defined as the negation of another predicate. For example,   and .  and .  and . Predicates not appearing in these pairs can be negated using the 안 and the 지 않다 construction.

Negation with 안

Compound predicates are of the form noun + 하다. For example, . If a predicate is not a compound predicate, it can be negated by placing 안 before to the predicate. This construction can not be used for proposotive or imperative clauses.
  
The meeting is not starting?

Negation with -지 않다

The construction can also be used to negate a predicate where 지 is placed after the predicate stem.
 
(I) will not close (my) eyes.
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