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옳다

Korean

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	옳다 olta past: 옳았다 oratda	옳아 ora past: 옳았어 orasseo	옳아요 orayo past: 옳았어요 orasseoyo	옳습니다 olseumnida past: 옳았습니다 oratseumnida
Interrogative	옳으냐 oreunya past: 옳았냐 orannya	옳아 ora past: 옳았어 orasseo	옳아요 orayo past: 옳았어요 orasseoyo	옳습니까 olseumnikka past: 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
Determiners	future		옳을 oreul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
	Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	옳으시다 oreusida past: 옳으셨다 oreusyeotda	옳으셔 oreusyeo past: 옳으셨어 oreusyeosseo	옳으세요, 옳으셔요 oreuseyo, oreusyeoyo past: 옳으셨어요 oreusyeosseoyo	옳으십니다 oreusimnida past: 옳으셨습니다 oreusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	옳으시냐 oreusinya past: 옳으셨냐 oreusyeonnya	옳으셔 oreusyeo past: 옳으셨어 oreusyeosseo	옳으세요, 옳으셔요 oreuseyo, oreusyeoyo past: 옳으셨어요 oreusyeosseoyo	옳으십니까 oreusimnikka past: 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
Determiners	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)”)

Interjection

옳다 • ‎(olta)

all right; OK
옳다, 이제 알았다.‎

Olta, ije aratda.

OK, now I get it.

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as 옳다 (Yale: wolhta). Compared with Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠲᠠᠢ ‎(orutai, “right, true”), Manchu urušembi ‎(“right; true; correct; reasonable; to agree; to permit”), Nivkh urha- ‎(“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 hangeul: 올타

Romanizations

Revised transcription	olta
Revised transliteration	olhda
McCune–Reischauer	olt'a
Yale	olhta