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않은가

not

→ 않다

않 not (forms a negation after -지) + 은가 Interrogative ending

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not Used after -지 to form a negative question, often rhetorical.

KO: 이 음식은 맵지 않은가?

EN: Isn't this food spicy?

Conjugation of 않다

않아 않고 않은 않소 않지 않게 않나요 않다 않니 않아서않은가않고요 않은데 않구나 않는다는 않으니

Indicative present

않아요 않습니다 않으니까요

Past

않았어 않았지 않았니 않았고 않았나요 않으셨어요 않으셨나요

Indicative past

않았다 않았어요 않았습니다 않았지만 않았소 않았는데 않았잖아 않았거든요 않더군요 않았으니까

Present

Indicative

Interrogative

Interrogative past

Potential future

Admirative

않네

Indicative future

않겠다

Irrealis future

않겠지 않을까 않을래요

Interrogative present

않습니까

Conditional

않아도 않거든 않으니까 않는다면 않는다면요

Future

않겠어요 않을게요 않을래 않을까요 않겠죠 않겠소 않겠니 않으실

Irrealis

않을걸 않을지도

Subjunctive

않네요 않잖아

Conditional future

않을게

Conditional pluperfect

Admirative present

Quotative present

Conditional past

Optative

Imperative

Admirative future

Irrealis past

Quotative

Quotative past

Maybe luck will be on our side.

모습을 보이고 싶지 않은가 봐요

It seems like they don't want to be seen.

— 연인 (2004)

괜찮지 않은가?

Isn't it okay?

— 잠입자 (1979)

그렇지 않은가?

Isn't that so?