‘ㅎ’ 불규칙

Irregular ㅎ

Explanation

When an adjective stem ending in is added to an ending that begins with a vowel, is omitted.

Details

When an adjective stem ending in is added to an ending that begins with a vowel, is omitted.

1. When endings beginning in vowels other than -아/어 are added to adjective stems ending in ㅎ, ㅎ is omitted.

2. When endings beginning in -아/어 are added to adjective stems ending in ㅎ, ㅎ is omitted, and ㅣ is added.

Although the stems of 좋다 (to be good), 많다 (many), 낳다 (to bear, to give birth to), and 넣다 (to put in, to insert) etc. end in they are conjugated regularly.


When the stems of 이렇다, 그렇다, 저렇다 and 어떻다 are added to endings that begin with -아/어, they conjugate to 이래, 그래, 저래 and 어때 instead of 이레, 그레, 저레 and 어떼.

날씨가 어떼요?
에릭 씨는 안 간다고 그렜어요.

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Details
  • On verb and when the ending start with a , both and are omitted.

  • On verb and when the ending start with a or , is omitted and is added.

  • Otherwise, on verb and when the ending start with a vowel, 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.

Examples
백설공주는 머리는 <span class='focus'>까맣고</span> 피부는 <span class='focus'>하얘요</span>.
Snow White has black hair and a white complexion.
왕비는 백설 공주에게 <span class='focus'>빨간</span> 사과를 줬어요.
The queen gave Snow White a red apple.
왕자는 크고 <span class='focus'>파란</span> 눈으로 공주를 봤어요.
The prince looked at Snow White with his big blue eyes.

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