saying no

난 요리라고는 해 본 적도 없고 이제 와서 시작할 생각도 없다 = I’ve never done any cooking and I’m not about to start now.
저 늙은 말은 피골이 상접해 있다. 나는 탈 생각이 없다 = That old horse is all skin and bones. I won’t ride it.
그는 다시 시도할 생각이 없다 = He doesn’t plan to try again.
우리는 이 일을 나중에 또 다시 번복할 생각이 없다 = We do not intend to repeat this in the future.
하지만 어쨋든 나는 따를 생각이 없다 = But, anyway, I don’t intend to comply.
지금은 책을 읽고 싶은 생각이 없다 = I am not in the mood to read just now.
나는 그곳에 갈 생각이 없다 = I don’t plan on going there.
대답할 생각이 없다 = I’m not telling!
나는 문제에 처해질 생각이 없다 = I have no desire to get into trouble.

싫어요 = No, I don’t want to (I hate it)
괜찮아요 = It’s okay, I’m okay, I’m fine
아니에요 = No (you don’t have to, I don’t need it)
됐어요 = Don’t worry about it, I don’t need that (I’m done, it’s already done)
생각이 없어요 = (when offered food) I am not hungry, I’m fine, No thanks (I don’t feel like it, I have no thought of it)
안 그러셔도 괜찮아요 = You don’t have to do that, please don’t bother to do that
곤란해요 = It’s difficult, uncomfortable, embarrassing
지금은 좀 곤란합니다 = I can’t do it now.
이러시면 곤란합니다 = If you do this it makes me things uncomfortable for me
안 돼요 = No, I can’t. No, you can’t. It doesn’t work. It’s not allowed.
이러시면 안 됩니다 = You shouldn’t do this. You can’t do this.
안 될 것 같습니다 = I think this will be a problem. I think you shouldn’t do it.
이러지 마세요 = Don’t do this.
어려울 것 같습니다 = I think it will be difficult. I don’t think I can do it.

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