ㄷ-irregularity

In Korean morphology, a ㄷ-irregular verb (ko: ㄷ 불규칙 동사) is a type of irregular verb whose stem ends in ㄷ.

Inflection

Examples

듣다

to listen

  • 듣다 + -어서 ⟶ 들어서

  • 듣다 + -을 거예요 ⟶ 들을 거예요

  • 듣다 + -고 있다 ⟶ 듣고 있다

묻다

to ask

  • 둗다 + -어서 ⟶ 둘어서

믿다

to trust, to believe

Non-examples

묻다

to buryYes, 묻다 (to ask) and 묻다 (to bury) are different words. Their lemma forms are the same, but the former is ㄷ-irregular and the latter is regular.

  • 둗다 + -어서 ⟶ 둗어서