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Irregular Korean Verbs


안녕하세요 여러분! I'm Koreanstudyjunkie. Today, I have a Masterlist of all the Irregular Korean verbs you could ever need to know.



WHAT ARE IRREGULAR VERBS?


Irregular Korean Verbs are verbs that don't fit into the rules we know and love.


When conjugating Irregulars usually you want to remove that letter and perhaps add a new element to the word.


Usually irregular verbs are only irregular in certain circumstances. For example, when they are followed by a vowel they are conjugated irregularly.


Whereas if they are followed by a vowel, usually they will remain regular. That being said, today I'll be just giving you a compilation of as many of the irregular verbs that I can find.


No rules, just the words here. You can read about the different rules in another lesson.


 

ㅂ IRREGULAR VERBS

I have a lesson here on "How to conjugate ㅂ descriptive verbs".


  • 가볍다 - to be light

  • 무겁다 - to be heavy

  • 고맙다 - to be thankful 

  • 눕다 - to lie down

  • 굽다 - to bake, to grill

  • 귀엽다 - to be cute

  • 까다롭다 - to be picky, choosy

  • 더럽다 - to be dirty

  • 덥다 - to be hot

  • 두렵다 - to be scared

  • 맵다 - to be spicy

  • 밉다 - to be detestable

  • 반갑다 - to be glad

  • 부럽다 - to be envious

  • 아름답다 - to be beautiful

  • 어둡다 - to be dark

  • 어렵다 - to be difficult

  • 쉽다 - to be easy

  • 즐겁다 - to be joyful

  • 춥다 - to be cold

  • 아쉽다 - to be shame

  • 두껍다 - to be thick

  • 시끄럽다 - to be loud

  • 뜨겁다 - hot (to the touch)

  • 차갑다 - cold (to the touch)

  • 외롭다 - to be lonely

  • 홍미롭다 - to be interesting

  • 까다롭다 - to be picky



ㅡ IRREGULAR VERBS


  • 배고프다 - to be hungry

  • 쓰다 - to write

  • 아프다 - to be sick

  • 끄다 - to turn off

  • 크다 - to be big

  • 기쁘다 - to be happy

  • 나쁘다 - to be bad

  • 바쁘다 - to be busy

  • 슬프다 - to be sad

  • 예쁘다 - to be pretty

  • 모으다 - to collect

  • 뜨다 - to float

  • 잠그다 - to lock

  • 트다 - to open

  • 담그다 - to soak



ㄷ IRREGULAR VERBS


  • 걷다 - to walk

  • 듣다 - to listen

  • 묻다 - to ask

  • 싣다 - to load (cargo)

  • 깨닫다 - to realize

  • 붇다 - to swell up (with water)

  • 긷다 - to draw water


ㅅ IRREGULAR VERBS


  • 잇다 - to connect/to link

  • 낫다 - to be cured/to be better/to get well

  • 붓다 - to swell/to pour

  • 긋다 - to draw (a line)

  • 젓다 - to stir/to whip

  • 짓다 - to name/to build/to write



르 IRREGULAR VERBS


  • 가르다 - to divide

  • 고르다 - to choose

  • 구르다 - to roll

  • 기르다 - to bring up, to raise

  • 나르다 - to carry

  • 누르다 - to press

  • 다르다 - to be different

  • 두르다 - to put around

  • 마르다 - to be thirsty, to dry

  • 모르다 - to not know

  • 바르다 - to put on, to apply

  • 부르다 - to call, to be full

  • 빠르다 - to be fast

  • 서두르다 - to hurry

  • 오르다 - to climb

  • 이르다 - to be early, to snitch

  • 자르다 - to cut

  • 저지르다 - to commit something bad

  • 찌르다 - to stab

  • 흐르다 - to flow



ㅎ IRREGULAR VERBS


  • 어떻다 – To be such

  • 이렇다 – To be like this

  • 그렇다 – To be like that

  • 저렇다 – To be like that

  • 뿌옇다 – To be hazy

  • 까맣다 – To be black

  • 하얗다 – To be white

  • 빨갛다 – To be red

  • 노랗다 – To be yellow

  • 파랗다 – To be blue



ㄹ IRREGULAR VERBS

technically ANY verbs that ends with an ㄹ is irregular, so I can't provide a list to every single one of these verbs. However, I've listed the most commonly used verbs among this tier.


  • 길다 = to be long

  • 놀다 = to play

  • 멀다 = to be far

  • 알다 = to know

  • 열다 = to open

  • 울다 = to cry

  • 팔다 = to sell

  • 만들다 = to make

  • 힘들다 = to be hard/difficult

  • 달다 = to be sweet

  • 불다 = to blow

  • 걸다 = to hang

  • 밀다 = to push

  • 들다 = to hold

  • 풀다 = to untie/undo

  • 늘다 = to grow

  • 갈다 = to replace

  • 물다 = to bite

  • 이끌다 = to lead/guide

  • 거칠다 = to be rough

  • 기울다 = to tilt


 

I hope this list helps you out! I'll be making a Irregular verbs conjugation lesson soon, It may already be made by the time you read this.


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