There are some verbs that\u00a0have vowel contracts\u00a0when they are conjugated in the standard polite form.<\/p>\n
For example, \uc624\ub2e4<\/strong> (to come)is conjugated as \uc640\uc694<\/strong> in the standard polite form.<\/p>\n There are lots of verbs that contain \uc624\ub2e4<\/strong> :<\/p>\n \ub530\ub77c\uc624\ub2e4<\/strong> – to follow along<\/p>\n \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub2e4<\/strong> – to come in<\/p>\n \ub370\ub824\uc624\ub2e4<\/strong> – to bring someone along<\/p>\n And these are just a few of the many more that contain \uc624\ub2e4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \uc5b8\uc81c \uc9d1\uc5d0 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc654\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>? = When did you come home?<\/p>\n (\uc5b8\uc81c<\/strong> = when. \uc9d1<\/strong> = home. \uc5d0<\/strong> = location marker. \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc654\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = past tense of “come”)<\/p>\n Like \uc624\ub2e4<\/strong>, \ubcf4\ub2e4<\/strong> will have a change in the vowel :<\/p>\n \uc601\ud654\ub97c \ubd24\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = I watched a movie<\/p>\n (\uc601\ud654<\/strong> = movie. \ub97c<\/strong> = object marker. \ubd24\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> = watched)<\/p>\n Like \uc624\ub2e4<\/strong>, the vowel in \ubcf4\ub2e4<\/strong> changed to \ubd10<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There’s another type of verb that changes when conjugated in the standard polite form :<\/p>\n Depending on the context, \uce58\ub2e4<\/strong> can mean “to play”, “to take a test”, or “to strike”, in addition to other meanings.<\/p>\n \ub9b0\ub2e4\ub294 \ud53c\uc544\ub178\ub97c \uccd0\uc694<\/strong> = Linda plays the piano<\/p>\n (\ub9b0\ub2e4<\/strong> = Linda. \ub294<\/strong> = topic marker.\u00a0\ud53c\uc544\ub178<\/strong>\u00a0= piano. \ub97c<\/strong> = object marker. \uccd0\uc694<\/strong> = play)<\/p>\n The vowel in \uce58\ub2e4<\/strong> changes to \uccd0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Other verbs contain \uce58\ub2e4<\/strong> like :<\/p>\n \uac00\ub974\uce58\ub2e4<\/strong> = to teach<\/p>\n \uadf8\uce58\ub2e4<\/strong> = to stop, cease<\/p>\n \ub118\uce58\ub2e4<\/strong> = to overflow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are some verbs that\u00a0have vowel contracts\u00a0when they are conjugated in the standard polite form. For example, \uc624\ub2e4 (to come)is conjugated as \uc640\uc694 in the standard polite form. There are lots of verbs that contain \uc624\ub2e4 : \ub530\ub77c\uc624\ub2e4 – to follow along \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\ub2e4 – to come in \ub370\ub824\uc624\ub2e4 – to bring someone along And these…<\/p>\n