No. 5,189 in Korean
늦지
"늦지" means "not late" or "not too late" in English.
In a sentence
늦지 않도록 일찍 출발합시다.
Let's depart early so we're not late.
Here, '늦지' is used in a negated form to express avoiding being late.
이미 늦지 않았어요.
It's not late yet.
In this sentence, '늦지' is employed to indicate the state of being 'not late' as a double-negative expression.
지금 출발하면 늦지 않을 거예요.
If we leave now, we won't be late.
This example shows '늦지' used with a future tense context to indicate the avoidance of lateness.
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