숨기지

In a sentence

• 그가 중요한 사실을 숨기지 않겠다고 했어요.

  He said he would not hide an important fact.

  Here, '숨기지' is used as 'not hiding' in a negative declarative form to indicate a promise or intention not to conceal something.

• 무엇을 숨기지 말고 솔직히 말해 주세요.

  Please do not hide anything and speak frankly.

  In this sentence, '숨기지' is part of the imperative form '숨기지 말고', urging someone to refrain from concealing something.

• 그녀는 비밀을 숨기지 못했어요.

  She couldn't hide the secret.

  Here, '숨기지' appears in the context of 'Unable to conceal', combined with '못했어요' to denote a lack of ability to hide something.