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KOREAN VERB

맞다

to be right, to be correct

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Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am right
NegativeI am not right

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was right
NegativeI was not right

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be right
NegativeI won’t be right

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am right (respectfully)
PastI was right (respectfully)
FutureI will be right (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being right, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being right, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am right
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am right
  5. But (-지만) I am right, but…

How to use 맞다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    네, 맞아요. 제가 영어 선생님 일라이예요.

    Yes, that's right. I'm Eli, the English teacher.

  2. Past

    제 생각이 맞았어요. 오늘 비가 와요.

    I was right. It's raining today.

  3. Future

    아마 지영 씨 말이 맞을 거예요.

    Ji-yeong is probably right.

  4. Honorific

    실례지만, 혹시 김 선생님 맞으세요?

    Excuse me, are you Mr. Kim by any chance?

  5. Connectives

    답은 맞지만 글씨가 너무 작아요.

    The answer is right, but the writing is too small.

Good to know

  • 맞아요 is "that's right", the everyday way to agree; it is a verb in Korean, even though it means "to be right".

Where you hear 맞다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 네, 맞아요. 금요일이에요. Yes, that's right. It's Friday.
  • 어제 제 답이 맞았어요. Yesterday my answer was right.
  • 내일 날씨는 형 말이 맞을 거예요. Tomorrow the weather will be as you said.

Korean · Beginner Level 3

  • 네, 맞아요. 금요일이에요. Yes, that's right. It's Friday.
  • 어제 제 답이 맞았어요. Yesterday my answer was right.
  • 내일 날씨는 형 말이 맞을 거예요. Tomorrow the weather will be as you said.
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The staff meeting

Beginner Level 2 · 브룩스 선생님, 맞습니까? · 네, 맞습니다.

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The train to Busan

Beginner Level 3 · 맞아요. 삼 번, 사 번, 오 번이에요.

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The quarrel

Intermediate Level 1 · 맞아. 가장 나쁜 건 그거야.

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The folder

Advanced Level 3 · 사진 사이즈가 맞는지.

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Busan speech

Fluency Level 1 · 맞나? 억수로 잘하네!

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Producer Yoon's call

Fluency Level 1 · 여보세요, 일라이 씨 맞으세요?

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The phone-in

Fluency Level 1 · 망원시장 박미숙이에요. 일라이 씨 맞죠?

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