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]

Revised Romanization^?	mitjyeoya bonjeonida
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mitjyeoya bonjeon-ida
McCune–Reischauer^?	mitchyŏya ponjŏnida
Yale Romanization^?	mithqcyeya poncen.ita

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
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
Indicative	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
Interrogative	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
Determiners	Future		밑져야 본전일 mitjyeoya bonjeonil

This verb is not usually used with an honorific.

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