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Why is this conjugated (present) 무겁다 ---> 무거워요 and not 무겁어요?
Why is this conjugated (present) 무겁다 ---> 무거워요 and not 무겁어요?
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얼마나 무거워요? [eol-ma-na mu-geo-wo-yo?] = How heavy is it?
(무겁다 = to be heavy)
얼마나 무거워요? [eol-ma-na mu-geo-wo-yo?] = How heavy is it?
(무겁다 = to be heavy)
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they’re called ㅂ-irregular verbs/adjectives (ㅂ불규칙 동사/형용사) whose terminal ㅂ at the last syllable of the stem befomes 우 when meeting a vowel-starting verb endings like 어 here.
잡다(regular): 잡아
굽다(regular. (for roads) to wind): 굽어
굽다(irregular. to roast sth): 구워
곱다 and 돕다 are irregular but their ㅂ becomes 오 instead like 고와 and 도와.
i think actually we have more ㅂ-irregular verbs/adjectives than the regular ones.
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because it's an irregular situation of " ㅂ"
if Adj / Verbs have " patchim ㅂ" + vowel: ㅂ -> 우
* 무겁다: 무거우 + 아/어요 -> 무거워요
* 귀엽다: 귀여우 + 아/어요 -> 귀여워요
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