ㄹ 탈락Korean ㄹ dropping Verbs
ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.
136 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.
전체 목록All 136 ㄹ dropping verbs
Showing 1–40 of 136 verbs
알다
to know
알아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
살다
to live
살아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
만들다
to make
만들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
들다
to enter
들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
들다
to hold, carry, lift
들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
말다
to not do something, to stop doing
말아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
말다
to mix (rice) into soup
말아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
열다
to open
열어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
길다
to be long
길어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
길다
to grow
길어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 3
놀다
to play
놀아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
힘들다
to be hard, difficult
힘들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
풀다
to untie, to loosen
풀어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
끌다
to pull, to drag
끌어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 3
말다
to not do something, to stop doing
말아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
울다
to cry
울어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
팔다
to sell
팔아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
걸다
to hang, to suspend
걸어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
멀다
to be far
멀어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
달다
to give (me)
달아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
돌다
to revolve, rotate, spin, turn
돌아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
벌다
to earn (money)
벌어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
썰다
to cut, to chop, to slice
썰어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
흔들다
to shake, wave
흔들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
불다
to blow
불어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 1
이끌다
to lead
이끌어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 3
떨다
to tremble
떨어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 3
늘다
to increase
늘어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
밀다
to push
밀어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
내밀다
to thrust out
내밀어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
줄어들다
to diminish or decrease
줄어들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
달다
to attach
달아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 5
드물다
to be rare
드물어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
물다
to bite
물어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 3
틀다
to turn, twist, wrench
틀어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
몰다
to drive
몰아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
낯설다
strange, unfamiliar
낯설어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 3
날다
to fly
날아요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 2
뛰어들다
to plunge into, to dive into
뛰어들어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
거칠다
to be rough
거칠어요
ㄹ 탈락
TOPIK 4
Showing 1–40 of 136 verbs
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
What is the ㄹ dropping in Korean?
ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. 136 verbs and adjectives in this dataset follow it.
When does the ㄹ 탈락 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.