Questions & Answers about Он не заметил опасности.
In Russian, standard negation of a verb is formed with не placed before the verb:
- Он не заметил опасности. = He did not notice the danger.
If you say не before the noun instead, you are usually negating or contrasting the noun itself, as in:
- Он заметил не опасность, а что-то другое.
He noticed not danger, but something else.
So in your sentence, не belongs with the verb заметил.
Заметил is the past tense, masculine singular form of the verb заметить.
Breakdown:
- заметить = to notice
- заметил = noticed / did notice (masculine subject)
- заметила = noticed (feminine subject)
- заметило = noticed (neuter subject)
- заметили = noticed (plural)
Because the subject is он (he), the masculine form заметил is used.