Let's learn about "나쁘지 않아"

나쁘지 않아 : Not bad

[other expressions]

- 나쁘지 않다. (to younger people or friends)

- 나쁘지 않네. (to younger people or friends)

- 나쁘지 않아. (to younger people or friends)

- 나쁘지 않네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 나쁘지 않아요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 나쁘지 않습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]

* 나쁜 : bad; not good

* 나쁘다 : be bad; be not good

* 나쁘지 : 나쁘(the stem of 나쁘다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] be not

* 않습니다 : 않(the stem of 않다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

* a verb + -네 / -아 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스’ / ‘-ㅂ’