ㄴ 적 없다

njeokeopda

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Also spelled njeogeopda, njokopda

have never done it

Denies that something has ever happened in your life: 담배 피워요? 아니요, 한 번도 피운 적 없어요. It very often follows 해 보다 'try', so the claim is that you have never even given it a go — 다희는 뭐 사업 같은 거 생각해 본 적 없어요? Adding 한 번도 'not even once' sharpens the denial, as in 전 한 번도 감튀에 식초 뿌려서 먹어본적 없는 것 같아요. The positive counterpart is 적 있다, 'I have done it before.'

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