I don’t think the car is outside in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

차 (cha) – “car.” The noun 차 means car, and the particle 가 (ga) attached here marks it as the subject of the sentence.

밖에 (bak-e) – “outside.” 밖 means “outside” and when combined with 에 (location marker), it becomes 밖에 implying the location “outside.”

있다고 (it-ta-go) – “is (located),” in a quoted clause. 있다 means “to exist” or “to be located.” The ending 고 is a quotative connective used to embed the clause “차가 밖에 있다” (the car is outside) as the content of the thought.

생각하지 않아요 (saeng-gak-ha-ji an-a-yo) – “don’t think.” 생각하다 means “to think.” By adding 지 않아요 to its stem, it becomes the polite negative form, meaning “do not think.”

Tips to remember the structure:
• Recognize that Korean often embeds a full clause (차가 밖에 있다) inside a quotation (있다고) before attaching verbs like 생각하다 to express thoughts or beliefs.
• Notice that the subject particle 가 follows 차, emphasizing that it is the car being considered not outside.
• The pattern “[clause]다고 생각하다” is common for stating opinions or thoughts (“to think that [clause]”); simply negating 생각하다 with 지 않아요 means “don’t think that [clause].”

Alternate ways to express “I don't think the car is outside”:
• 나는 차가 밖에 있는 것 같지 않아요.
  Romanization: na-neun cha-ga bak-e it-neun geot gat-ji an-a-yo.
• 차가 밖에 있다고는 생각하지 않아요.
  Romanization: cha-ga bak-e it-ta-go-neun saeng-gak-ha-ji an-a-yo.

All versions convey the idea that you do not believe the car is outside.

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