ㄹ stem
ㄹ-stem verbs
The ㄹ stem pattern: ㄹ-stem verbs end in ㄹ as the final consonant. They are conjugated regularly with vowel suffixes (살다 → 살아요), but the ㄹ drops before certain consonant suffixes — specifically before ㄴ, ㅂ, ㅅ, and before the formal ending 습니다: 살다 → 사는, 삽니다, 살지 (ㄹ kept before ㅈ). This is sometimes called a "ㄹ drop" or "ㄹ irregular."
103 ㄹ-stem verbs in our dictionary. Click any verb to see its full conjugation table, pronunciation guide, and Revised Romanization.
Verbs in this class
살다to live알다to know놀다to play, to hang out울다to cry열다to open팔다to sell만들다to make말다to not do something, to stop doing들다to come in, go in, get in, enter걸다to hang, to suspend줄다to decrease, to shrink갈다to change, to replace, to switch (in general)힘들다difficult돌다to revolve, rotate, spin, turn빌다to wish, to pray for something물다to bite풀다to untie끌다to pull, to draw, to drag다물다to shut (mouth), to close (mouth)달다to become hot멀다to be far밀다to push길다to be long굴다to behave, to conduct oneself, to act벌다to earn (money)몰다to drive (an animal, a car, etc.)불다to blow날다to fly (travel through the air)잠들다to go to sleep이끌다to pull쓸다to sweep떨다to shake, to shiver, to tremble, to shudder흔들다to cause to dangle, shake, wave, or undulate빨다to sip, to suck붙들다to hold on to, to grab, to cling to틀다to turn, twist, wrench떠들다to make a noise얼다to freeze, be frozen절다to be doused, to be drenched털다to shake off, to brush off (as dust, etc.)깔다to spread더불다to be accompanied by, to bring a person내밀다to stick out, to hold out매달다to hang쏠다to gnaw, to nibble부풀다to inflate, (of bread) to rise베풀다to show (charity, kindness, etc.)못살다to live in poverty거칠다to be rough or coarse in texture쩔다to become very salted or salty늘다to increase연달다to continue잘다to be small, to little, to fine, to be tiny, to…뛰어들다to run, to rush설다unripe, green, undercooked, half-boiled, immature줄어들다to decrease, to shrink뒹굴다to roll about, to throw oneself down, to writhe받들다to respect, serve, honor깨물다to bite hard떠돌다to wander, to roam가늘다to be thin, to be slender썰다to chop, to cut, to saw, to mince이울다to wilt, to wither시들다to wither, to wilt, to droop졸다to doze off널다to spread something out to catch the wind or sun드물다to be rare둥글다to be round, circular덜다to subtract허물다to destroy헐다to destroy그을다to become suntanned낯설다strange내몰다to drive out갸울다to tilt slightly기울다to tilt, to slant, to incline까불다to act up, to fool around골다to snore병들다to fall ill/sick, to become ill스며들다to permeate, to percolate, to infiltrate삐뚤다tilted, crooked, awry헛코골다to pretend to snore, to feign sleep by snoring싸고돌다to crowd around, to cluster around동글다round and smallish비뚤다crooked수다떨다to chatter맴돌다to circle, encircle어질다to be benevolent물들다to take up colour되살다to come back to life모질다harsh빼들다to draw out, to pull out고매굴다to respect저물다to get dark베어물다to bite, bite off번갈다to take turns잗갈다to finely grind갈아들다to replace something previous, to serve as repl…되갈다to replow, to retill노닐다to stroll / wander about leisurely거닐다to stroll, to saunter나닐다to fly about here and there가멸다to be rich, to be wealthy, to be prosperous