In 남자를 믿지마 How does 믿지마 break down to mean- do not trust/believe?
In 남자를 믿지마 How does 믿지마 break down to mean- do not trust/believe? Can you explain the grammar?
I get 남자를 men- subject marking particle, then I get lost. at the end which is the word for trust and which part is negating it..I'm going to take a guess and say 믿지 is the verb for trust and 마 is a negates it?

Thanks in advance!

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In 남자를 믿지마 How does 믿지마  break down to mean- do not trust/believe?
In 남자를 믿지마 How does 믿지마  break down to mean- do not trust/believe? Can you explain the grammar?
I get 남자를 men- subject marking particle, then I get lost. at the end which is the word for trust and which part is negating it..I'm going to take a guess and say 믿지 is the verb for trust and 마 is a negates it?

Thanks in advance!

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I'm pretty sure when you add 지마 to a verb like 믿, it makes it "don't (the verb)." You can remember it, because it's like 하지마 (don't/stop it).

so you state it as 믿지마 and when you add it to the rest of the sentence, it's saying don't trust/believe men.

Get it?

Correct me if I'm wrong; I'm still learning and that's my understanding of it.

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마  means  don't .  믿지  comes  from  믿다 (=trust) .  남자 is men .
 korean  sentences  are  consisted   of  :  subjet +  ....( object. predicate..) +  verb 
 남자를 믿지마  is a  command sentence ,
 너는 ( you : sbject is ommitted   if it  is command sentence)  남자를(object )  믿지(verb)  마 (negate) .

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This is a good site for Korean grammar;
www.declan-software.com/korean.htm
 For English into Korean text ... Translation of English into Korean text  go to:
www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/.../English-to-Korean-translation/ -

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