What does 현실적이지 않니 mean?
현실적이지 않니 means "isn’t it realistic?" in Korean.
How it works here
‘A-지 않니?’ combines negation and a question to gently check the other person’s opinion.
Key expression
A-지 않니?
An expression used to gently ask a rhetorical question about a quality or state
This is a soft 반말 rhetorical question. It is attached after adjectives or verbs and sounds natural when asking the listener directly for confirmation. Compared with -지 않아?, which can be used with a similar meaning, it sounds slightly softer. The honorific form is -지 않아요?
When it's used
Used to gently ask for agreement or confirmation about a quality or state.
The line
너무 현실적이지 않니? 그렇지
Isn’t it too realistic? Right?
The speaker lightly checks whether the listener agrees with an opinion.
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More examples
이 계획은 생각보다 꽤 복잡하지 않니?
Isn’t this plan rather complicated?
오늘 날씨가 참 좋지 않니?
Isn’t the weather really nice today?
Quick check
When would you use this expression?
현실적이지 않니
너무 현실적이지 않니? 그렇지
Isn’t it too realistic? Right?
- Strongly arguing that the other person’s explanation is wrong.
- Gently agreeing with and questioning the other person.
- Asking for basic information again from the beginning.
Show the answer
Gently agreeing with and questioning the other person.
An expression used to gently ask a rhetorical question about a quality or state. This is a soft 반말 rhetorical question. It is attached after adjectives or verbs and sounds natural when asking the listener directly for confirmation. Compared with -지 않아?, which can be used with a similar meaning, it sounds slightly softer. The honorific form is -지 않아요?
Other words in this line
- 너무
- Too; very
- 현실적
- Realistic
- 그렇다
- To be so; to be that way
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