Lesson 24
Welcome to another lesson on irregularities. Yay! You will learn about irregular 르 in this lesson, which occurs more often than you think. Are you ready? 시작!
Irregular 르 is applied only on the following three occasions as follows.
Verb stems ending with -르 followed by:
+ -아/어/여요
+ -아/어/여서
+ -았/었/였어요
In these cases, 르 is changed to ㄹ and placed at the end of the previous vowel. ONE MORE ㄹ is needed before adding the verb ending.
Even if the verb stem ends with -르, if it is then followed by other endings, such as -고, -는데, etc., -르 will still stay the same.
Ex)
고르다 = to choose; to pick; to select
→ 골라요. = I pick.
→ 골라서 = I pick and then; because I pick
→ 골랐어요. = I picked.
모르다 = to not know
→ 몰라요. = I do not know.
→ 몰라서 = because I do not know
→ 몰랐어요. = I did not know.
빠르다 = to be fast
→ 빨라요. = It is fast.
→ 빨라서 = because it is fast
→ 빨랐어요. = It was fast.
자르다 = to cut
→ 잘라요. = I cut.
→ 잘라서 = I cut and then; because I cut
→ 잘랐어요. = I cut.
기르다 = to grow, to raise
→ 길러요. = I raise.
→ 길러서 = I raise and then; because I raise
→ 길렀어요. = I raised.
Sample Sentences
뭐 골랐어요?
= What did you choose?
저도 몰라요.
= I do not know, either.
비행기는 빨라서 좋아요.
= Planes are good because they are fast. / I like airplanes because they are fast.
누가 케이크 잘랐어요?
= Who cut the cake?
토끼를 5년 동안 길렀어요.
= I had a rabbit as a pet for five years. / I raised a rabbit for five years.