Irregular Verbs Conjugation Rules Flashcards
‘ㅡ’ Irregular.
When the letter before the letter containing ‘ㅡ’ vowel has the vowel ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’-
Ex: 바쁘다
(Delete the ‘ㅡ’ vowel and add ‘ㅏ’)
바빠요, 바빴어요, 바쁠 거예요
‘ㅡ’ Irregular
When the letter before the letter containing ‘ㅡ’ vowel has a vowel other than ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’-
Ex. 예쁘다
(Delete the ‘ㅡ’ vowel and add ‘ㅓ’)
Ex. 예쁘다 (to be pretty) = 예뻐/예뻤어/예쁠 거야.
‘르’ Irregular
When the letter before the letter containing ‘르’ vowel has the vowel ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’-
Ex. 다르다
(Add an extra ‘ㄹ’ underneath the previous letter as a 받침 and change the 르 into ‘라’)
Ex. 다르다 (to be different) = 달라/달랐어/다를 거야.
‘르’ Irregular.
When the letter before the letter containing ‘르’ vowel has a vowel other than ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’-
Ex. 게으르다
(Add an extra ‘ㄹ’ underneath the previous letter as a 받침and change the 르 into ‘러’)
Ex. 게으르다 (to be lazy) = 게을러/게을렀어/게으를 거야
‘ㄹ’ Irregular.
When the letter before the letter containing ‘ㄹ’ vowel has the vowel ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’-
Ex. 살다
*Note that for this Irregular group, the Past and Present Tense follow regular rules while the Future Tense follows the Irregular rule!
Ex. 살다 (to live) = 살아/살았어/살 거야.
‘ㄹ’ Irregular.
When the letter before the letter containing ‘ㄹ’ vowel has a vowel other than ‘ㅏ’ or ‘ㅗ’-
Ex. 만들다
*Note that for this Irregular group, the Past and Present Tense follow regular rules while the Future Tense follows the Irregular rule!
Ex. 만들다 (to make) = 만들어/만들었어/만들 거야.
‘ㅂ’ Irregular
Ex. 쉽다
(Delete ‘ㅂ’ 받침 and add ‘워’ for Past & Present; ‘우’ for Future.)
*Note that for this Irregular group, the Past, Present and Future Tenses, all follow the Irregular rule!
쉽다 (to be easy) = 쉬워/쉬웠어/쉬울 거야.
‘ㅂ’ Irregular
*Also note that not all verbs that end in ‘ㅂ’ 받침 are Irregular Verbs!
잡다
잡다 (to catch) = 잡아/잡았어/잡을 거야.
‘ㄷ’ Irregular
Ex. 듣다
(Replace ‘ㄷ’ 받침 with ‘ㄹ’)
듣다 (to listen; hear) = 들어/들었어/들을 거야.
‘ㄷ’ Irregular
*Note that not all verbs that end in ‘ㄷ’ 받침 are Irregular Verbs!
Ex.닫다
닫다 (to close) = 닫아/닫았어/닫을 거야.
‘ㅎ’ Irregular.
Ex. 까맣다
(Delete ‘ㅎ’ and replace ‘ㅏ/ㅓ’ vowel with ‘ㅐ’ for Past and Present and simply delete ‘ㅎ’ for Future)
까맣다 (to be dark; black) = 까매/까맸어/까말 거야.
‘ㅎ’ Irregular
*Note that not all verbs that end in ‘ㅎ’ 받침 are Irregular Verbs!
Ex. 낳다
낳다 (to give birth; produce) = 낳아/낳았어/낳을 거야.
‘ㅅ’ Irregular.
Ex. 낫다
(Simply delete ‘ㅅ’)
낫다 (to be better) = 나아/나았어/나을 거야.
‘ㅅ’ Irregular.
*Note that not all verbs that end in ‘ㅅ’ 받침 are Irregular Verbs!
Ex. 웃다
Ex. 웃다 (to laugh; smile) = 웃어/웃었어/웃을 거야.
