Level 5 Lesson 24 / Not A But B, Don’t do THIS but do THAT / 말고, -지 말고

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Welcome to another episode of TalkToMeInKorean! In this lesson, we are looking at how to use the verb 말다 in the form “말고” and make expressions such as “Not this one but THAT one.” “Not here but over there.” or “Don’t buy it and use this one.”



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14 Responses to  Level 5 Lesson 24 / Not A But B, Don’t do THIS but do THAT / 말고, -지 말고 

  1. 로저 says:

    불고기를 다 먹지 말고 나한테 조금만 남겨주세요.

    There is a typo in the pdf. Page one “Contruction”.

  2. Oops! I am the second one… ^_~
    즐거운 하루 보내세요! ^^

  3. 걱정마세요 ^^. 우리는 현우씨를 안 믿습니다 ^^ 거짓말쟁인 것같습니다 ㅋㅋ

  4. i.ve been waiting for this topic…. thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

  5. 케냐 says:

    I always hear this 말고 in songs.. and that was a short and very usefull lesson!..
    감사합니다 !

  6. jon says:

    말고 and 아니고. With nouns, what’s the difference?

    • They mention this in the PDF

      말고 is from 지 말다. a command to not do something, i.e action verbs.

      아니고 is to not be (이다) so

      우유 말고 커피 주세요. is don’t give me A(milk), give me B(coffee) instead.

      Whereas 아니고 would be used to say “this IS NOT A but is B”

      이거슨 우유 아니고 커피 이에요. this is not milk; it’s coffee.
      ^I don’t know if this sentence is right.

  7. Samier says:

    안녕하세요 TTMIK!!

    1. 공부하지 말고 동영상 YouTube에서 봐세요.
    Do not study, but watch videos on Youtube.

    감사하니다
    사미르

  8. Olle says:

    I noticed 경은 says 굉장히 간단하고 쉬어요 at one time and I came to wonder, is there any difference between these two?

    I love your site by the way ^^b
    Thought I should start commenting since you always insist. ㅋㅋ

    슬플땐 바보같이 참지말고 울어요.

  9. KS says:

    그런 거 아니다 이런 거 이에요.
    It’s not like that it’s like this. (not sure if this is right).

  10. Hee Lee says:

    안녕하세요

    stop complaining and just try eating it
    불평하지 말고 그냥 먹어봐요

    I like Donghae ssi not Eunhyuk ssi
    은혁씨 말고 동해씨 종아해요

    Eunhyuk ssi , dont like but you should love him

    은혁씨는 종아하지 말고 사랑해야돼요
    (this sounds … kinda weird lol)

  11. krin canseco says:

    this is my favorite lesson and also lesson 26.

  12. Bella says:

    안녕하세요 선생님들

    시험이 가까워서, 경기하지 말고 공부하세요
    (The exam is near, so don’t play and start studying)

    Is my sentence correct?

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