Let's learn about "낫다/났다/낳다/낮다"

1) 낫다 : [낟따: nattta; low long tone on 낟] recover, heal, cure, become well, get well

- 아버지보다 낫다 : outdo[surpass] one's father

- 늦더라도 전혀 안하는 것보다는 낫다 : Better late than never

- 그렇게 살 바에야 차라리 죽는 게 낫다 : I would rather[sooner] die than lead such a life. / I prefer death to such a life

2) 났다 : [낟따: nattta; high short tone on 낟] : past tense of 나다

* 나다 : spring up; break out, happen, occur; teethe, grow teeth (about an infant or child); come out, be exposed

- 이 아이는 첫 이가 났다 : This child has cut his first tooth

- 전쟁이 났다 : A war broke out

- 옆집에서 불이 났다 : The fire broke out in the house next door

- 그 도시에 홍수가 났다 : The town was flooded.

3) 낳다 : [나-따: na-tta; short long tone on 나] bear, give birth; earn, receive as a result of work or other service performed; reproduce, procreate, bear children; breed, raise animals; kitten, give birth to kittens; foal, give birth to a young horse; farrow, give birth to a litter of pigs

- 소가 송아지를 낳다 : a cow calves a calf

- 말이 망아지를 낳다 : a horse foals a colt[filly]

- 개가 새끼를 낳다 : a dog drops[has] a pup

- 좋은 결과를 낳다 : produce[get] good results

- 그 뉴스는 여러 가지 소문을 낳았다 : The news gave rise to a variety of rumors

- 돈이 돈을 낳는다 : Money begets money

- 무명실을 낳다 : spin thread[yarn] out of cotton / spin cotton into yarn

- 명주를 낳다 : weave silk

4) 낮다 : [낟따: nattta; short low tone on 낟] a verb form of 낮은

* 낮은 : low, underneath, inward, still, soft

- 압력이 낮으면, 끓는 점도 낮다 : When pressure is lower, the boiling point is lower

- 생활 수준이 낮다 : have a low standard of living

- 이 방은 천장이 낮다 : This room has a low ceiling

- 신분이 낮다 : be of low social position

- 지위가 낮다 : be low in position / be placed low