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Korean Grammar Patterns
ㅎ 불규칙
Meaning
ㅎ-irregular adjectives
How to use it
In ㅎ-irregular adjectives (mostly colors), stem-final ㅎ drops and the vowel shifts: before -아/어 it becomes 애, before -으 the 으 drops too. 빨갛다 → 빨개요, 빨가면. 하얗다 → 하얘요. 좋다 is regular (좋아요).
Mostly color adjectives: 노랗다, 파랗다, 까맣다.,좋다, 놓다 keep ㅎ — they are regular.
Examples
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 빨갛다 → 빨개요 / 빨개서. ppalgatda → ppalgaeyo / ppalgaeseo. | red → is red / because it's red |
| 어떻다 → 어때요? (의문). eotteotda → eottaeyo? | how is it → 어때요? (how about it?) |
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