Did not go out (polite) in Korean 🇰🇷

안 나갔어요 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Break down 안 나갔어요 as follows: 안 means “not,” 나가 comes from 나가다 (to go out), and 었어요 indicates the past polite tense.
• Remember that adding 안 before a verb simply negates its meaning.

Explanations:
• 안 나갔어요 translates to “did not go out” in a polite, past-tense form.
• The verb 나가다 means “to go out,” and when negated with 안 and conjugated into the past (나갔어요), it expresses that the action of going out did not occur.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 밖에 나가지 않았어요 – another way to state “did not go out” using a more formal construction with 나가지 않았다.
• 못 나갔어요 – if meaning “was not able to go out” rather than a simple negation.

Conjugations of 나가다 (Infinitive: 나가다 [nagada]):
• Present (Polite): 나가요 (nagayo) – “go out”
• Past (Polite): 나갔어요 (nagasseoyo) – “went out” / “did not go out” when negated with 안
• Future (Polite): 나갈 거예요 (nagal geoyeyo) – “will go out”
• Present (Formal): 나갑니다 (nagamnida)
• Past (Formal): 나갔습니다 (nagasseumnida)
• Future (Formal): 나갈 것입니다 (nagal geosimnida)

Examples of Sentences:
• 어제 저는 안 나갔어요.
  Romanized: Eoje jeoneun an nagasseoyo.
  Translation: I did not go out yesterday.

• 그는 비가 와서 안 나갔어요.
  Romanized: Geuneun biga waseo an nagasseoyo.
  Translation: He did not go out because it was raining.

• 오늘은 바빠서 안 나가요.
  Romanized: Oneureun bappaseo an nagayo.
  Translation: I am not going out today because I’m busy.

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