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Why can’t you say 별로 나쁘다 even though 나쁘다 is negative?
Why can’t you say 별로 나쁘다 even though 나쁘다 is negative?
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@jiyoo01 so if I want to say it’s not that expensive, is it 별로 비싸요 or 별로 안 비싸요? I read somewhere that it’s 별로 안 비싸요, but that’s a double negative
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I dont know the rule but seems like the form has to be a negation not the meaning
별로 안 비싸요
별로 안 기뻐요
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