옳다
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 옳다 (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
- IPA(key)[o̞ɭtʰa̠]
- Phonetic Hangul[올타]
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Adjective
옳다 • (olta) (infinitive 옳아, sequential 옳으니)
- to be right, true, correct
- 옳은 일을 하다
- oreun ireul hada
- to do the right thing
Conjugation
Selected forms of the adjective 옳다 (olta)
| Stems | |
|---|---|
| Stem 1 | 옳 (ol) |
| Stem 2 | 옳아 (ora) |
| Stem 3 | 옳으 (oreu) |
| Conjugation type | Consonant-stem, regular |
| Sentence-final forms | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Conjunction | 옳고 olko | ||||
| Condition | 옳으면 oreumyeon | 옳아야 oraya | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Conjunction | 옳으시고 oreusigo | ||||
| Condition | 옳으시면 oreusimyeon | 옳으셔야 oreusyeoya | |||
| 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
- 틀리다 (teullida)
- 그르다 (geureuda)
- 외다 (oeda) (obsolete)
Derived terms
- 오른 (oreun, “right (side)”)
See also
- 오르다 (oreuda, “to rise”)
- 올바르다 (olbareuda, “to be straight, upright, all right”)
Interjection
옳다 • (olta)
- all right; OK
- 옳다, 이제 알았다.
- Olta, ije aratda.
- OK, now I get it.