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UNIT 5 이번 토요일에 뭐 하세요?
When there is no final consonant, the vowels are usually combined into
one syllable:
흐리 + 어 흐려 cloudy
느리 + 어 느려 slow
If the stem ends in 하: 하 → 해
깨끗하 깨끗해 clean
똑똑하 똑똑해 smart
So far, the rule is the exactly same to that for verbs. However, here you will
learn an irregular ending used more frequently in adjectives, which is used
when the stem ends inㅂ.
If the last vowel of the stem is ㅗ and stem ends in ㅂ:
deleteㅂ +와
곱 deleteㅂ +와 고와 (an old fashioned word
for pretty like ‘fair’)
If the last vowel of the stem is not ㅗ and stem ends in ㅂ: deleteㅂ
+워
덥 deleteㅂ + 워 더워 (temperature) hot
어렵 deleteㅂ+워 어려워 difficult
Note: +워 is much more common than +와, so at this stage you only need to
focus on+워.