아니다 meaning - anida meaning

I know that 아니다 means "no/not", but sometimes people use it in contexts where it seems like the meaning is "this is not right" (in a moral sense). For example, does the sentence:

아무리 그래도 이건 좀 아닌 것 같아요.

mean "Even if it is like that, I don't think this is the right thing to do"?

Can you shed some light on if I'm correct or if I'm just misunderstanding?

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I would just translate it as 'even so, this doesn't seem right'. Whether it is talking about something being the right thing to do (morally), or the right answer to a question (factually), or something else altogether is to be determined by context.

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Yes, it can be used as 'wrong', as in the moral context. The sentence that you've used exemplifies the 'other' usage of 아니다 pretty well, but it actually means simly 'Even so, I don't think this is right.'. 틀리다 would be 'wrong' in factual context.

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Don't try to translate everything so directly. Languages don't always work the same way. Use the surrounding context to make the best translation, for example 안돼요.

No way. It's not allowed. It's not okay. It's not ready. That isn't correct. It's wrong.

Depending when it is used it can be translated many ways in English, but the idea behind the word doesn't change. Keep this in mind, and enjoy learning :]

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I know...but you didnt answer the question

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sorry, I'm just not an expert on linguistics like you, so I don't know the actual logic behind the languages I speak. I just try to put things in layman's term :P

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Great explanation, thank you yet again KEH_Linguist!

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I actually can't think of a single example in which you indicate a positive behavior by attaching an affix to a negative behavior.

selfish -> unselfish

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A:감사합니다 B:아닙니다

In this case it's intended to be used like "no problem" not really a negative behaviour.

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in this sentence, 아닌 것 is simply a noun form of "not" combined with it's complement (이거) creates "this (thing) is not a thing" which, to me, seems a little odd, but we don't have the context to know what 이 refers to, i don't think...

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Aside from everything said already, I'd say you can use "아니다" as a way of dismissing something, even when it's not about something moral.

Another context where this would work..: "엄마, 이 옷 어때?" "에이, 이건 좀 아니다." (별로다)

Korean Word

: 아니다

: a ni da

: no, not, wrong

아냐 (a nya), 아뇨 (a nyo), 아니 (a ni), 아니라 (a ni ra), 아니야 (a ni ya), 아니요 (a ni yo), 아닌 (a nin), 아닐 (a nil), 아닙 (a nip)

그건 사실이 아닙니다.
geu gun sa shil i a nip ni da.
That's not true.
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저는 약물은 안 합니다.
juh neun yak mool eun an hap ni da.
I don't take drugs.
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그것은 그다지 좋은 계획이 아닙니다.
geu gut eun geu da ji jo eun ge hwek i a nip ni da.
That wasn't a well-thought-out plan.
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실례합니다. 이건 주문한 게 아닌데요.
shil le hap ni da. i gun joo moon han ge a nin de yo.
Excuse me, I didn't order this!
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그 여자분은 술을 너무 많이 마십니다. 그뿐 아니라 담배도 다시 피우기 시작했습니다.
geu yuh ja boon eun sool eul nuh moo man i ma ship ni da. geu poon a ni ra dam be do da shi pi woo gi shi jak het seup ni da.
She drinks far too much. In addition, she started smoking again!
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그건 전혀 사실이 아닙니다.
geu gun jun hyuh sa shil i a nip ni da.
That isn't true at all!
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당신의 잘못이 아니에요.
dang shin eui jal mot i a ni e yo.
It's not your fault.
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