How to say Don't do and Let's not do, in Korean?
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Verb + 지 말다
Korean grammar construction -지 말다 is used to prohibit an action. -지 말다 is often used with imperative mood. See this and this lessons to learn more about imperative mood.
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책을 보지 마십시오.
Korean
책
보다
English
book
to see, to read
Please don't read the book.
책을 보지 마+십시오.
떠들지 마세요.
Korean
떠들다
English
to make noise
Please don't make noise.
떠들지 마+세요.
수업 시간에 먹지 말자.
Korean
수업
시간
먹다
English
class, lesson
time
to eat
Let's not eat during the classes.
수업 시간에 먹지 말+자.
앞으로 늦지 맙시다.
Korean
앞으로
늦다
English
in front of, from now on, in future
be late
Please don't be late in future.
앞으로 늦지 마+ㅂ시다.
제가 문을 닫지 말까요?
Korean
저
문
닫다
English
I
door
to close
Shall I not close the door?
저+가 문을 닫지 마+ㄹ까요?
걱정하지 말고 쉬세요.
Korean
걱정하다
쉬다
English
to worry
to have a rest
Don't worry and have some rest.
걱정하지 말+고 쉬세요.
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Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).