2022-09-16

Let's learn about "일부러 그런 거 아니야"

일부러 그런 거 아니야 : I didn't do it on purpose

[other expressions]
- 일부러 그런 거 아니다. (to younger people or friends)
- 일부러 그런 거 아니네. (to younger people or friends)
- 일부러 그런 거 아니야. (to younger people or friends)
- 일부러 그런 거 아니네요. (honourific by '요')
- 일부러 그런 거 아니예요. (honourific by '요')
- 일부러 그런 거 아닙니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 일부러 : (1) [=짐짓•알면서도] on purpose; intentionally; knowingly; wittingly (2) [=특히 마음을 내어•특히 일삼아•굳이] specially; expressly
- 그는 일부러 대답을 틀리게 했다 : He gave the wrong answer on purpose
- 너를 만나려고 일부러 여기 온 거야 : I came here expressly to see you[with the express purpose of seeing you]

* 그러다 : a short form of 그러하게 하다 : do so; do such; do like that
* 그런 : past tense or present perfect of 그러다; this means (1) "such, like, that kind[sort] of" (2) "done such"
- 그는 그런 사람이 아니다 : He is not that kind of guy

* 거 : a short form of 것(a thing)
* -가 : a particle makes 거 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted
* -이 : a particle makes 것 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 것 : a thing
* -이 : a particle makes 것 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 그런 거 = 그런 것= 그렇게 한 것 : That's what I did

* 그렇게 : (1) [=그토록] so, that; (부정문에서) not (all) that, not very (2) [=그런 식으로] so, like that, in that manner, (in) that way; as such
- 오늘은 그렇게 춥지 않다 : It's not that cold today
- 저는 그렇게 생각하지 않습니다 : I don't think so

* 아니다 : be not

* 아닙니다 : 아니(the stem of 아니다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -야 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -예요 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ' / ‘-요’

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