Lesson 2
짜다
1. to be salty
Ex)
감자칩이 짜다 (dictionary from) = potato chips are salty
이 감자칩이 짜요. (polite language) = These potato chips are salty.
이 감자칩 짜다! (casual language) = These potato chips are salty!
짠 음식 = salty food
짠 음식은 건강에 안 좋아요. = Salty food is not good for your health.
* To use adjectives in the infinitive form as actual adjectives, simply drop the -다, and add either -ㄴ or -은. When verb stem ends with a vowel, such as 짜, it conjugates with -ㄴ. Therefore 짜다 (= to be salty) becomes 짠 (= salty).
(Core Grammar Level 3 Lesson 13 “Making Adjectives / Descriptive Verbs + -ㄴ 명사”)
2. to be stingy
(1) to describe a person who is stingy about spending their OWN money
Ex)
짠돌이 = a penny pincher (masculine)
짠순이 = a penny pincher (feminine)
제 친구는 정말 짠돌이/짠순이예요. = My friend is such a penny pincher.
(2) to be stingy about giving things such as grades, scores, or money
Sentence Structure: 을/를 짜게 주다
Ex)
선현우 선생님은 성적을 짜게 주세요. = Mr. Sun is stingy about scores.
선현우 교수님은 학점을 짜게 주세요. = Mr. Sun is stingy about grades.
이 노래방 기계는 점수를 짜게 줘요. = This singing room machine doesn’t give high score well.
저희 사장님은 월급을 짜게 주세요. = Our CEO is stingy about salary.