How to use polite speech in negative sentences?
Parents don't listen to their children
부모님은 아이의 말을 잘 안 들이세요/듣지 않으세요/들이시지 않아요.
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아이의 말을 잘 듣지 않으세요
아이의 말을 잘 듣지 못하세요
아이의 말을 잘 안 들으세요
아이의 말을 잘 못 들으세요
that '시' always gets embedded in the last part.
Beware though, the use of the honorifics depends on the listener, and not on the relations of the people spoken of.
To your father you would say "작은 아버지는 안 왔어요" (your father is the older brother of the uncle)
To your (much older) sibling you would say "작은 아버지는 안 오셨어요"
To your younger sibling you would say "작은 아버지는 안 오셨어"
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In case I want to use polite particle 시 and negative 지 않다/못하다, rather than simple 안, is it
V+시+지 않다 or
V+지 않+으시?
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among three examples u had, the corret one is 부모님은 아이의 말을 잘 듣지 않으세요.
*잘 안 들으세요
*들으시지 않아요
but I'd simply use these instead
부모님은 아이의 말을 잘 들어주지 않아요./ 잘 듣지 않아요.
when it's generally used, we don't have to use an honorific case like -시지/-세요 stuff.
Hope this helps x-)
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