That person didn’t work this week in Korean 🇰🇷

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That person didn’t work this week	그 사람은 이번 주에 일하지 않았어요

How to say “That person didn’t work this week” in Korean? “그 사람은 이번 주에 일하지 않았어요”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “그 사람은 이번 주에 일하지 않았어요” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on That person didn’t work this week in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Sentence info.

• 그 (geu) – “that”
Tip: Remember that “그” is a demonstrative adjective used before a noun.

• 사람은 (saram-eun) – “person” with the topic marker “은” attached (meaning “as for the person”)
Tip: Topic particles like “은/는” show what the sentence is about; here, it emphasizes “that person.”

• 이번 (ibeon) – “this” (referring to the current period)
Tip: “이번” is often paired with a noun like “주” to mean “this week” or “this time.”

• 주에 (ju-e) – “week” plus the locative marker “에” indicating time/place (“in” or “on”)
Tip: When describing when something happens, add “에” after the time word.

• 일하지 않았어요 (ilhaji anhasseoyo) – “did not work”
• 일하지 comes from “일하다” (to work), with the verb stem “일하-” plus the connector “지”
• 않았어요 is the past negative ending attached to the verb phrase, meaning “did not” do the action
Tip: To form the past negative of a verb, remove “다” from the dictionary form, add “지 않다” in its proper polite past form.

Translation: “That person didn’t work this week.”

Alternate ways to say “That person didn't work this week”:
• 이번 주에 그 사람이 일하지 않았어요.
(Note: Switching the order of the time and subject is common in Korean.)

• 그 사람은 이번 주 동안 일을 안 했어요.
(“동안” means “throughout,” and “안 했어요” is a more colloquial negative form.)

• 그 사람은 이번 주에 일을 하지 않았습니다.
(Using the more formal ending “-습니다”.)

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