Talk:맞다

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맞다

A feedbacker mentioned:

Definition omits a very common usage, "to be so, to be true, to be right." E.g., 네 말 맞아요 "You're right."

But this entry has an adjective definition that says “(to be) correct, right”. I’m not sure what the editor meant, but if it’s a descriptive verb I don’t think it is accurate to call it an adjective. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 12:21, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

I don't know Korean, but if it's anything like Burmese, there's no formal distinction between adjectives and verbs. Put another way, all adjectives behave syntactically as verbs (to say "the red house" you can make a compound like "redhouse" or you can say "the being-red house" or "the house that is red"). For Burmese, I list an entry as an adjective if its English translation is an adjective (or a verb meaning "to be X") and if other published dictionaries call it an adjective. But an argument could be made that Burmese has no adjectives at all, only verbs that are most conveniently translated as adjectives. Maybe it's the same in Korean. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 14:23, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Korean verbs and adjectives behave differently in conjugation. This is a verb not an adjective. I have cleaned it up. Wyang (talk) 02:58, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the input. Closed. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 23:21, 3 May 2014 (UTC)