"저는 텔레비전을 안 봐요."

Translation: I do not watch television.

[brjaga]

Can this also be 보지 않아요?

[wintertriangles]

Yes, same thing

[AndreasW17]

Yes, but 안 is more used.

[RyanAndrewiii]

is this referring to not watching television at the moment/now, or not watching television habitually (talking about watching tv as a hobby). What are the ways to distinguish those two? thank you~

[sophia.oo]

I think it means not watching tv habitually; there's a difference between "I do not watch tv" (meaning habitually) and "I am not watching tv" (meaning at the moment), and these sentences are always translated as "I do not ___". They've mentioned several times that there's a difference between these two forms in Korean too, so I'm guessing they will teach us the second one later on.

[nleconte]

Indeed, it means, you don't watch TV habitually.

You'd probably use 보고 있어요 to talk about your present state of watching TV.

[Ash-Fred]

Could mean either; only context would tell you which meaning was intended.

[_palak]

This content kills me everytime! ㅠㅠ

[_Neem]

I am guessing, correct me if I'm wrong that

는 is used for talking about habitual things

And

이/가 is used to talk about things which are not general or habitual.

Like the leaves are normally green ( so 는)

But I see purple leaves :o ( so 이/가)

[GiovanniSantucci]

I don't either, but I hear Netflix has a lot of good Korean shows, so maybe I'll use that to supplement my learning.

[ZestySaladSae]

I recommend Crash Landing on You

[HiMeCriss]

봐요 is a contraction of 보아요, right?

[Ash-Fred]

Yes.

[T._S.]

why is this not, "I don't see the television".

[Ash-Fred]

"I don't see the television." is also accepted.

[beepbeep-x]

Is it just preference on if you use 안 or 않아요?

[etchpad]

Could I say: "I am not watching tv" or is this incorrect?

[nleconte]

Check the previous comments to ryanandrewii's question. They answer your question too.

[stan_dcforgrades]

Can this sentence be used as i cant watch television? Like you're trying to watch but you can't?

[_palak]

Then the sentence would have had 못 in place of 안.

[Moka-pom]

Duolingo is so stupid why do telvision it you can do tv

[_mi_young_45679]

That's true.

[Harli]

How do you express past tense as in "I did not watch television"?

[aestheticjett]

I don't watch tv, i read bl smut

[Park_Arine4]

Caught in a lie~