우 불규칙Korean 우 irregular Verbs

ㅜ drops before 어. One verb: 푸다 → 퍼요.

1 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)
푸다to scoop out 풉니다 푸니

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자주 묻는 질문Common questions

What is the 우 irregular in Korean?

ㅜ drops before 어. One verb: 푸다 → 퍼요. 1 verbs and adjectives in this dataset follow it.

When does the 우 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.