Difference between 안-- and -지 않다?
안 + verb means 'to not', right?
and also verb+지 않다 means to not right?

example:
안 해더- to not do
하지 않다- to not do

Are these two forms just the same and interchangeable to each other? Or they are different and there are different situations where one is used?
PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME ~

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Question

Difference between 안-- and -지 않다?
안 + verb  means 'to not', right?
and also verb+지 않다 means to not right?

example:
안 해더-  to not do 
하지 않다- to not do

Are these two forms just the same and interchangeable to each other? Or they are different and there are different situations where one is used?  
PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME ~

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Answer

The constructions r similar and interchangble...
example:    저는 고기를 안 먹어요. 
                 저는 고기를 먹지 않아요.   
Translation: I do not eat meat.

Answer

하다 to do

안하다 to not do
하지 않다 to not do
I think these 2 speaking ways have the same meaning.
나 그거 안했어 = 나 그거 하지 않았어 = I've not done it //The shorter is a little more natural to speak.

for example ㅎㅎ
무언가를 안하지 않다 = 무언가를 하다 a double negative
It doesn't do not doing something.//Is this right? = it doesn't do nothing = It does something.
무언가를 안하지 않는게 아니다 = 무언가를 안하다 a triple negative
It's not that it doesn't do not doing something.//?,.? = It doesn't do something.

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