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Po-ru
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07 June 2010 at 6:06am | IP Logged

I am having a really difficult time gripping the conjugation of verbs. Does anyone have
any good sites or resources to grasp the general conjugation of verbs and adjectives ?

Thanks
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remix
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08 June 2010 at 1:57pm | IP Logged

Just learn it on a case by case basis. You will learn it naturally this way. Having said that, learning the conjugations of 하다 will take you a long way as it can be combined with nouns to make verbs eg. 시작하다 to start, 공부하다 to study, 사랑하다 to love etc...

I found this

http://dongsa.net/ It has a lot of common conjugations. I know all of these, but I have never sat down with a list to learn the conjugation and I have no idea what the English means.

"500 Korean Verbs" by Bryan Park, might be helpful for you. I think the best thing about this book is that it has 1000 audio sentences with it!
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The Real CZ
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10 June 2010 at 7:41am | IP Logged

Elementary Korean made it really easy for me to learn the conjugations, though I don't know if you want to spend 40-60 bucks for one chapter of the book.

Edited by The Real CZ on 10 June 2010 at 7:42am
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ericspinelli
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10 June 2010 at 12:20pm | IP Logged

Here is a chart that lists 8 irregular cases based on how the stem ends. It's important to remember that not all verbals ending this way are irregular.

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Case: ㄷ Irregulars
Rule: ㄷ before a vowel becomes ㄹ.
Example: 듣다 > 들어요
Example verbals: 걷다, 묻다

Case: ㄹ Irregulars
Rule: All verbals ending in ㄹ. Drop ㄹ before (으)ㄴ ,(으)ㅂ, (으)ㅅ, and (으)ㄹ.
Example: 살다 > 삽시다
Example verbals: 걸다, 깅다, 들다

Case: ㅂ Irregulars
Rule: ㅂ before a vowel becomes 우.
Example: 덥다 > 더워요
Example verbals: 가깝다, 귀엽다

Case: ㅅ Irregulars
Rule: Drop ㅅ before a vowel.
Example: 짓다 > 지어요
Example verbals: 낫다

Case: 으 Irregulars
Rule: All verbals ending in ㅡ. Before ㅗ/ㅏ ㅡ becomes ㅏ. All others become ㅓ.
Example: 앞으다 > 아파요
Example verbals: 고프다,따르다

Case: 르 Irregulars
Rule: 르 before 아/어 becomes ㄹ라/ㄹ러.
르 after ㅏ/ㅗ becomes ㄹ라. All others become ㄹ러.
Example: 빠르다 > 빨라요
Example verbals: 고르다, 다르다

Case: ㅎ Irregulars
Rule: Drop ㅎ before 아/어 and ㅏ/ㅓ become ㅐ.
Example: 빨갛다 > 빻개요
Example verbals: 까맣다, 노랗다

Case: 러 Irregulars
Rule: 어 before 아/어 becomes 러.
Example: 푸르다 > 푸르러료

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Balliballi
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21 January 2012 at 3:33am | IP Logged

"Korean Grammar for International Learners" has a really good chapter on the conjugation of irregular verbs. It took me just under an hour to learn.

"Korean Grammar in Use" is not bad and it goes into more detail about it but I found the explanation in International Learners book to be easier to understand.
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Kevin Hsu
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21 January 2012 at 5:56am | IP Logged

I just learned the basic -아/-어/-여요 depending on the final vowel of the verb.
For the irregular verbs I'm learning case by case because some verbs look like irregular
but really aren't(such as 받다(to receive) => 받아요).

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