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[속담] 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 낫다 :  [a proverb] The sooner that happens, the better

[other expressions]

- 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 낫다. (to yoonger people or friends)

- 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 낫네. (to yoonger people or friends)

- 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 나아. (to yoonger people or friends)

- 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 낫네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 나아요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 매도 먼저 맞는 놈이 낫습니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 매 : (1) a whip; a whipping in the sentence (2) hawk; falcon (3) millstone; grind mill (4) figure; shape; form; cast

* -도 : also; too; this is used instead of -는(a particle makes 매 subjective after a word ends in a vowel)

* 먼저 : (1) [=첫째로•처음으로] first; ahead; first of all; above all; before anything else (2) [=옛날•예전에•옛날에] ago; previously; before; formerly; earlier; recently; lately; in advance; beforehand

* 맞다 : (1) be right; be correct (2) hamonize with; (3) fit; be suitable (4) be beaten (5) be robbed (6) get a scolding

* 맞는 : 맞(the stem of 맞다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb present tense and attributive)

* 놈 : (1) [사람(human being)] (informal) guy, (offensive) jerk, (Brit, inf) bloke, (Brit, inf) chap (2) [동물(animal)•물건(a thing)] thing, one

* -이 : a particle makes 놈 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

- 미친놈 : a crazy guy

- 여기 이 큰 놈으로 가져가세요 : Take this big one.

* 낫다 : [irregular] better (than), superior (to), preferable (to)

* 나아 : 낫(the stem of 낫다; ㅅ erased before 아) + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 낫습니다 : 낫(the stem of 낫다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -아 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스’ / ‘-ㅂ’