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아니에요 ‘am/are/is not’
1) +이에요/예요 (am/are/is)
UNIT 9 얼마예요?
In unit 1 you have learned +이에요/예요 to say ‘A is B’ when B is a noun and
not an adjective. Remember that this ending must be added to the end of a
noun, pronoun or wh-question word.
Rules:
Noun+(이)야 (Casual)
Noun+이에요/예요 (Polite)
Noun+(이)세요 (Honorific)
Noun+입니다 (Polite, formal)
Noun+(이)십니다 (Honorific, formal)
If the noun ends in a vowel: +예요
그거 뭐예요? What is that?
If it ends in a consonant: +이에요
2) 아니에요
여자 친구 사진이에요. It’s a photo of my girlfriend.
If you want to say that ‘A is not B’, then you use 아니에요.
Noun 아니야 (Casual)
Noun 아니에요 (Polite)
Noun 아니세요 (Honorific)
Noun 아닙니다 (Polite, formal)
Noun 아니십니다 (Honorific, formal)