밑져야 본전이다
Korean
Etymology
Literally, "even with a financial loss, to still have the principal". The verb 밑지다 (mitjida) explicitly means "to make a financial loss so that one has less than the principal". The idiom thereby implies that the subject really has no money at all to begin with.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mit̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ja̠ po̞ɲd͡ʑʌ̹nida̠]
- Phonetic hangeul: [믿쪄야 본저니다]
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Adjective
밑져야 본전이다 • (mitjyeoya bonjeonida)
- (idiomatic) to have nothing to lose (said when beginning a new enterprise, etc.)
Conjugation
Selected forms of the adjective 밑져야 본전이다 (mitjyeoya bonjeonida)
| Stems | |
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| Stem 1 | 밑져야 본전이 (mitjyeoya bonjeoni) |
| Stem 2 | 밑져야 본전이에 (mitjyeoya bonjeonie) |
| Stem 2a | 밑져야 본전이어 (mitjyeoya bonjeonieo) |
| Stem 3 | 밑져야 본전이 (mitjyeoya bonjeoni) |
| Conjugation type | Vowel-stem, 이(i)-irregular |
| Sentence-final forms | |||||
| Formal non-polite (해라체) | Informal non-polite (해체) | Informal polite (해요체) | Formal polite (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 밑져야 본전이다 mitjyeoya bonjeonida | 밑져야 본전이야 mitjyeoya bonjeoniya | 밑져야 본전이에요, 밑져야 본전예요 mitjyeoya bonjeonieyo, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeyo | 밑져야 본전입니다 mitjyeoya bonjeonimnida |
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| Past | 밑져야 본전이었다, 밑져야 본전였다 mitjyeoya bonjeonieotda, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeotda | 밑져야 본전이었어, 밑져야 본전였어 mitjyeoya bonjeonieosseo, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeosseo | 밑져야 본전이었어요, 밑져야 본전였어요 mitjyeoya bonjeonieosseoyo, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeosseoyo | 밑져야 본전이었습니다, 밑져야 본전였습니다 mitjyeoya bonjeonieotseumnida, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 밑져야 본전이냐 mitjyeoya bonjeoninya | 밑져야 본전이야 mitjyeoya bonjeoniya | 밑져야 본전이에요, 밑져야 본전예요 mitjyeoya bonjeonieyo, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeyo | 밑져야 본전입니까 mitjyeoya bonjeonimnikka |
| Past | 밑져야 본전이었느냐, 밑져야 본전였느냐 mitjyeoya bonjeonieonneunya, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeonneunya | 밑져야 본전이었어, 밑져야 본전였어 mitjyeoya bonjeonieosseo, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeosseo | 밑져야 본전이었어요, 밑져야 본전였어요 mitjyeoya bonjeonieosseoyo, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeosseoyo | 밑져야 본전이었습니까, 밑져야 본전였습니까 mitjyeoya bonjeonieotseumnikka, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 밑져야 본전이겠다 mitjyeoya bonjeonigetda | 밑져야 본전이겠어 mitjyeoya bonjeonigesseo | 밑져야 본전이겠어요 mitjyeoya bonjeonigesseoyo | 밑져야 본전이겠습니다 mitjyeoya bonjeonigetseumnida | |
| Connective forms | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 밑져야 본전이에 mitjyeoya bonjeonie | 밑져야 본전이어서 mitjyeoya bonjeonieoseo | 밑져야 본전이니 mitjyeoya bonjeonini | 밑져야 본전이니까 mitjyeoya bonjeoninikka | |
| Contrast | 밑져야 본전이지만 mitjyeoya bonjeonijiman | 밑져야 본전인데 mitjyeoya bonjeoninde | 밑져야 본전이더니 mitjyeoya bonjeonideoni | ||
| Conjunction | 밑져야 본전이고 mitjyeoya bonjeonigo | ||||
| Condition | 밑져야 본전이면 mitjyeoya bonjeonimyeon | 밑져야 본전이어야 mitjyeoya bonjeonieoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 밑져야 본전임 mitjyeoya bonjeonim | 밑져야 본전이기 mitjyeoya bonjeonigi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 밑져야 본전이었음, 밑져야 본전였음 mitjyeoya bonjeonieosseum, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeosseum | 밑져야 본전이었기, 밑져야 본전였기 mitjyeoya bonjeonieotgi, mitjyeoya bonjeonyeotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 밑져야 본전인 mitjyeoya bonjeonin | |||
| Future | 밑져야 본전일 mitjyeoya bonjeonil | ||||