비싼, 비싸다
I am confused when looking up dictionary the word "expensive". Sometimes it is 비싼, sometimes is 비싸다
Example:
- 비싼차 (an expensive car)
- 차가 비싸요 (car is expensive)
I thought it was an adjective, wasnt it?

감사합니다!

Question

비싼, 비싸다
I am confused when looking up dictionary the word "expensive". Sometimes it is 비싼, sometimes is 비싸다
Example: 
- 비싼차 (an expensive car)
- 차가 비싸요 (car is expensive)
I thought it was an adjective, wasnt it?

감사합니다!

Answer

This, to me, is one of the coolest things about Korean: the descriptive verbs. You may have to ask someone else to explain in more detail (another question on italki maybe; however, there is this: http://www.italki.com/question/99913), but in Korean, all words that would be adjectives in English are verbs in Korean.

Here's another link for you: http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/level-3-lesson-13/

I would explain more, but I'm terrible with this sort of thing.

Answer

Let's make clear some things:
"비싸다 " means "to be expensive", it's like our infinitive form "to do, to make etc.."

- 비싼차 ---> here 비싼 is adjective
- 차가 비싸요  ---> here is not adjective, but verb
비싸요 is the coniugated form of 비싸다

Answer

An adjective of Korean is used as a verb(descriptive verb) in the predicative part., so "비싸다" means "to be expensive", not "expensive". "비싼" means "expensive".

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