않단다

does not, is not

→ 않다

않 not (forms a negation after -지) + 단다 Informal explanatory ending

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does not, is not The ending -단다 gives a telling or explanatory tone, often used by an older speaker to a younger listener.

KO: 이 약은 몸에 해롭지 않단다.

EN: This medicine isn't harmful.

Conjugation of 않다

않아 않고 않은 않소 않지 않게 않나요 않다 않니 않아서 않은가 않고요 않은데 않구나 않는다는 않으니

Quotative

않단다

가르쳐 주고 싶지 않단다

They say they don't want to teach me.

— 시네마 천국 (1988)