"He does not help the cow."

Translation: 그는 소를 도와주지 않아요.

[Beksp16]

I typed in 그는 소를 안 도와줍니다 but got it marked wrong. Don't "안 Vㅂ니다" and "V지 않아요" have the same meaning?

[roberto727]

Your sentence, of course, was correct. It is a little disappointing that 2 months later on 12/29/17 that sentence is still not accepted.

[goohayoon]

What I know is that: the 하다 verbs cannot be negated with 안 before the verb but in the middle of it.

E.g. the verb to sing = 노래하다* :

I don't sing = 저는 노래 안 해요 = 저는 노래지 않아요.

So I think maybe the verbs introduced in this skill "compound verbs" like ~주다 ~보다 ~가다 and ~오다 are similar to ~하다 verbs.

[OneBottleOfWater]

Feb 13 2022 Accepted

[Rav3n.90]

Poor cow

[moira142592]

@duolingo: if you don't mind giving feed back to people trying to learn korean here. how comes 그는 소를 안 도와줘요 is not accepted? you should at least explain in your (extremely incomplete and often missleading) tips and notes why this is wrong.

[lameskydiver]

Nope it is correct, it's just not accepted in the duolingo system yet.

[KookieBTSARMY101]

That's rude:(

[roberto727]

그는 소를 안 도와요. 1/9 still not accepted.

[JosieCrane]

We needed to put in 도 와 줘요. Adding 주다 (to give) is added to show that an action is being done for someone, and apparently you rarely see 돕다 without 주다 added at the end, probably because "help" is always being done for someone

[roberto727]

그는 소를 도와주지 않습니다. not accepted 1/9/18

[grlpower]

it's still not accepted as of 1/27/19. duolingo confuses me..

[espanhangugeo]

not accepted as of 4/5/2019.

[honeymelynn]

two whole painful years later and it still isn't accepted.... sigh

[comicsands]

그는 소를 안 도와줘요 is now accepted :) 16 July 2020

[Amy863635]

What is the difference between the verbs 돕다 and 도와주다 ?