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KOREAN VERB

없다

there isn't, to not have (one word for both)

  • #3 most used
  • Existence verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI there isn't
NegativeI don’t there isn't

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI thered isn't
NegativeI didn’t there isn't

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will there isn't
NegativeI won’t there isn't

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI there isn't (respectfully)
PastI thered isn't (respectfully)
FutureI will there isn't (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) thering isn't, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) thering isn't, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I there isn't
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I there isn't
  5. But (-지만) I there isn't, but…

How to use 없다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    지금 저는 돈이 없어요.

    I have no money right now.

  2. Past

    어제는 집에 아무도 없었어요.

    Nobody was home yesterday.

  3. Future

    내일은 수업이 없을 거예요.

    There'll be no class tomorrow.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 요즘 시간이 없으세요.

    Grandma has no time these days.

  5. Connectives

    시간이 없으니까 택시를 타요.

    There's no time, so let's take a taxi.

Good to know

  • 없다 is both "there's none" and "I don't have"; 없어요 answers 있어요? with no.

Where you hear 없다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 지금 김치가 없어요. There's no kimchi right now.
  • 어제는 자리가 없었어. Yesterday there was no seat.
  • 내일은 시간이 없을 거예요. Tomorrow I won't have time.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 지금 김치가 없어요. There's no kimchi right now.
  • 어제는 자리가 없었어. Yesterday there was no seat.
  • 내일은 시간이 없을 거예요. Tomorrow I won't have time.
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Lunch with Min-jun

Beginner Level 1 · 아니, 김치 없어. · 김치 없어요.

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The bank

Beginner Level 2 · 아직 전화 없어요.

Free 10
Telling the family

Beginner Level 2 · 영상 없었어?

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Chuseok in Jeonju

Intermediate Level 1 · 한 번도 없어요. · 한국에서 운전해 본 적이 없어요.

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Grandma's story

Intermediate Level 1 · 그런데 돈이 없었어요?

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Booking the visit

Intermediate Level 2 · 날짜가 없어.

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Window three

Intermediate Level 2 · 서류에 도장이 없습니다.

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The Chuseok meal

Intermediate Level 3 · 할머니한테는 아니요가 없어요.

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Let's count

Advanced Level 2 · 망원에 과학 공방 없잖아. · 처음에만. 망원에 과학 공방 없잖아.

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One letter wrong

Advanced Level 2 · 없습니다. 영업일 삼 일입니다.

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Water through the ceiling

Advanced Level 2 · 전화할 수밖에 없어요.

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The summer course

Advanced Level 2 · 문제집은 없어요?

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