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않습니까

(forms a polite negative question: “don’t …?” or “isn’t …?”)

→ 않다
않 not (forms a negation after -지) + 습 Formal polite (deferential) + 니 Informal interrogative + 까 Wondering or deliberative question ending
auxiliary · formal, present tense Uncommon #7,765
(forms a polite negative question: “don’t …?” or “isn’t …?”) Formal and polite; often used in rhetorical questions.
KO: 이게 더 쉽지 않습니까?
EN: Isn’t this easier?
Conjugation of 않다
Interrogative present
않습니까

어차피 자주 오시지 않습니까?

Aren't you coming here often anyway?

— 헤어질 결심 (2022)

그런 병력은 없지 않습니까?

Aren't there any troops like that?

— 반지의 제왕: 두 개의 탑 (2002)

지금 물어볼 건 그게 아니지 않습니까?

That's not what I should be asking right now, is it?

— 존 윅 4 (2023)

왜 아무 말도 하지 않습니까?

Why aren't you saying anything?

당신은 내가 그것을 하는 것에 믿지 않습니까?

Don't you trust me to do it?

눈에 띄지 않습니까?

Isn't it noticeable?

— 트론: 아레스 (2025)

근데 산 사람은 살아야 되지 않습니까?

But the living have to go on living, don't they?

— 택시운전사 (2017)

정말 대단하지 않습니까?

Isn't it really amazing?

— 세 얼간이 (2009)

저는 이제 일해야 하지 않습니까?

Don't I have to work now?

— 블레이드 러너 2049 (2017)