ㅎ 불규칙Korean ㅎ irregular Verbs

ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.

26 verbs and adjectives follow this pattern.

규칙The rule, worked through

The stem changes in front of a vowel and stays put in front of a consonant. Both are shown.

Verb	+ 습니다 (consonant)	+ 아/어 (vowel)	+ 으니 (vowel)
그렇다to be like that	그렇습니다	그래	그러니
어떻다to be how, in what state	어떻습니다	어때	어떠니
이렇다to be like this	이렇습니다	이래	이러니

전체 목록All 26 ㅎ irregular verbs

Showing 1–26 of 26 verbs

그렇다 to be like that 그래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 1 어떻다 to be how, in what state 어때요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 1 이렇다 to be like this 이래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 커다랗다 to be very big 커다래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 4 하얗다 to be white, pure white, pale 하얘요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 조그맣다 to be small 조그매요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 4 빨갛다 to be deep red 빨개요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 아무렇다 to be unspecific 아무래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 4 저렇다 to be like that (over there) 저래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 노랗다 to be yellow 노래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 까맣다 to be pitch black 까매요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 파랗다 to be blue 파래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 2 누렇다 to be murky yellow 누레요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 시커멓다 to be deep black 시커메요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 기다랗다 to be quite long 기다래요 ㅎ 불규칙 Common 뿌옇다 to be hazy, to be clouded over 뿌예요 ㅎ 불규칙 Common 동그랗다 to be round 동그래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 3 새파랗다 to be deep blue 새파래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 허옇다 to be snow-white 허예요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 가느다랗다 to be very thin, slender 가느다래요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 벌겋다 to be red (a kind of light red with a darkish hue) 벌게요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 새까맣다 pitch-black, coal-black, jet-black 새까매요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5 시퍼렇다 to have a sharp edge 시퍼레요 ㅎ 불규칙 Common 뽀얗다 to be very hazy, very indistinct 뽀얘요 ㅎ 불규칙 Common 시꺼멓다 to be jet-black 시꺼메요 ㅎ 불규칙 Common 새하얗다 pure white, snow white 새하얘요 ㅎ 불규칙 TOPIK 5

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자주 묻는 질문Common questions

What is the ㅎ irregular in Korean?

ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. 26 verbs and adjectives in this dataset follow it.

When does the ㅎ 불규칙 change happen?

In front of a vowel, and only there. The dictionary form and every consonant-initial ending — -고, -지, -습니다 — leave the stem exactly as it is; it is 아/어 and 으 endings that trigger the change.