옳다
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 옳다 (Yale: wolhta). Compared with Mongolian ортой (ortoj), ᠣᠷᠤᠲᠠᠢ (orutai, “right, true”), Manchu ᡠᡵᡠ (uru, “truth, true”), Nivkh урдь (urd̦, “to be good”), Tamil உள் (uḷ, “to be, to have”) > உள்ள (uḷḷa, “real, true”) by Gang (2010). The h in the stem may be from 하— (ha-, “to do”), akin to 많— (man-, “many”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞ɭtʰa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [올타]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | olta |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | olhda |
| McCune–Reischauer? | olt'a |
| Yale Romanization? | olhta |
Adjective
옳다 • (olta) (infinitive 옳아, sequential 옳으니)
Conjugation
Selected forms of the adjective 옳다 (olta): consonant-stem, regular
| Sentence-final forms | |||||
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| Formal non-polite (해라체) |
Informal non-polite (해체) |
Informal polite (해요체) |
Formal polite (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 옳다 olta |
옳아 ora |
옳아요 orayo |
옳습니다 olseumnida |
| Past | 옳았다 oratda |
옳았어 orasseo |
옳았어요 orasseoyo |
옳았습니다 oratseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 옳으냐 oreunya |
옳아 ora |
옳아요 orayo |
옳습니까 olseumnikka |
| Past | 옳았냐 orannya |
옳았어 orasseo |
옳았어요 orasseoyo |
옳았습니까 oratseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 옳겠다 olketda |
옳겠어 olkesseo |
옳겠어요 olkesseoyo |
옳겠습니다 olketseumnida | |
| Connective forms | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 옳아 ora |
옳아서 oraseo |
옳으니 oreuni |
옳으니까 oreunikka | |
| Contrast | 옳지만 olchiman |
옳은데 oreunde |
옳더니 olteoni |
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| Conjunction | 옳고 olko |
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| Condition | 옳으면 oreumyeon |
옳아야 oraya |
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| Noun and determiner forms | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 옳음 oreum |
옳기 olki | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 옳았음 orasseum |
옳았기 oratgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 옳은 oreun | |||
| Future | 옳을 oreul | ||||
| Sentence-final forms with honorific | |||||
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| Plain (해라체) | Informal (해체) | Polite (해요체) | Formal (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 옳으시다 oreusida |
옳으셔 oreusyeo |
옳으세요, 옳으셔요 oreuseyo, oreusyeoyo |
옳으십니다 oreusimnida |
| Past | 옳으셨다 oreusyeotda |
옳으셨어 oreusyeosseo |
옳으셨어요 oreusyeosseoyo |
옳으셨습니다 oreusyeotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 옳으시냐 oreusinya |
옳으셔 oreusyeo |
옳으세요, 옳으셔요 oreuseyo, oreusyeoyo |
옳으십니까 oreusimnikka |
| Past | 옳으셨냐 oreusyeonnya |
옳으셨어 oreusyeosseo |
옳으셨어요 oreusyeosseoyo |
옳으셨습니까 oreusyeotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 옳으시겠다 oreusigetda |
옳으시겠어 oreusigesseo |
옳으시겠어요 oreusigesseoyo |
옳으시겠습니다 oreusigetseumnida | |
| Connective forms with honorific | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 옳으셔 oreusyeo |
옳으셔서 oreusyeoseo |
옳으시니 oreusini |
옳으시니까 oreusinikka | |
| Contrast | 옳으시지만 oreusijiman |
옳으신데 oreusinde |
옳으시더니 oreusideoni |
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| Conjunction | 옳으시고 oreusigo |
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| Condition | 옳으시면 oreusimyeon |
옳으셔야 oreusyeoya |
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| Noun and determiner forms with honorific | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 옳으심 oreusim |
옳으시기 oreusigi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 옳으셨음 oreusyeosseum |
옳으셨기 oreusyeotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 옳으신 oreusin | |||
| Future | 옳으실 oreusil | ||||
Synonyms
- 바르다 (bareuda, “to be straight, upright, right, correct, true”)
- 바른 (bareun, “right, right-hand”)
- 맞다 (matda, “to fit, correct”)
- 곧다 (gotda, “to be straight, upright”)
- 참되다 (chamdoeda, “to be true, real”)
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
Interjection
옳다 • (olta)