Irregular Verbs

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Irregular 르 Irregular ㄹ Irregular ㅂ Irregular ㅎ Irregular ㅡ Irregular ㄷ Irregular ㅅ

Irregular 르

Rule

For most verbs that end with 르, 르 is replaced by ㄹㄹ.

An example with the verb 다르다 and 아요 ending:

다르다 + 아요
다르다 + 아요
다ㄹㄹ + 아요
달ㄹ + 아요
달라요

Irregular ㄹ

Rule

- When the ending start with ㄴ, ㅂ or ㅅ then ㄹ from the verb is omitted.
- When the ending start with 으, 으 from the ending is omitted.

Irregular ㅂ

Rule

- When the verb is 돕다 or 곱다, ㅂ is replaced by 오.
- Otherwise, ㅂ is replaced by 우.

Irregular ㅎ

Rule

- On verb and when the ending start with a 으, both ㅎ and 으 are omitted.
- On verb and when the ending start with a 아 or 어, ㅎ is omitted and ㅣ is added.
- Otherwise, on verb and when the ending start with a vowel, ㅎ is omitted.

List of verb not affected by the ㅎ irregular rule, these are conjugated normally: 넣다, 낳다, 좋다, 많다, 찧다, 쌓다, 싫다 and 괜찮다.

Irregular ㅡ

Rule

ㅡ is always omitted when adding an ending that start with 아/어.

Irregular ㄷ

Rule

For a few verbs that end with ㄷ and the ending start with a vowel, ㄷ is replaced by ㄹ.

List of verb not affected by the ㄷ irregular rule, these are conjugated normally 걷다, 깨닫다, 묻다, 듣다 and 싣다.

Irregular ㅅ

Rule

For a few verbs that end with ㅅ and the ending start with a vowel, ㅅ is omitted.

List of verb not affected by the ㅅ irregular rule, these are conjugated normally 잇다, 낫다, 붓다, 긋다, 젓다 and 짓다.

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