2022-03-08

Let’s learn about "안 보이다”

아무리 찾아도 안 보여 : I can’t find it no matter hard I look for it


[other expressions]

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보인다. (to younger people or friends)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보여. (to younger people or friends)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보이는군! (to younger people or friends)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보이는구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보이네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보여요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보이는군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 아무리 찾아도 안 보입니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)


[explanations]

* 내 : I (non-honourific word)

* 제 : I (honourific word)

* -가 : a aparticle makes 내 / 제 subjective after a word ends in a vowel


* 아무리 ~아도 / 아무리 ~어도 :  however (much)...(may); no matter how...(may)


* 찾다 : search; find

* 찾아도 : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -아도(even though)


* 안 : this is equal to "not" in English


* 보다 : see; look; watch

* 보이다 : passive form of 보다 by ‘-이-‘(this makes a verb passive form)


* 보인다 : present tense of 보이다 by ‘-ㄴ’

* 보여 : 보이(the stem of 보이다) + -여(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 보입니다 : 보이(the stem of 보이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)


* a verb + -다 / -네 / -여 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -는군! / -는구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix

- a verb ends in a vowel + -는군! / -는구나!

- a verb ends in a consonant + -군! / -구나!

* a verb + -네 / -여 / -는군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

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