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Difficult question

tzk19944046
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Difficult question

Postby tzk19944046 » March 11th, 2011 11:26 am

Anybody knows why 고맙다 becomes 고마워? Because from what I know When the verb stem enda with ㅗorㅏ the ㅂ is replaced with a 오 eg 돕다 becomes 도와. Following this rule 고맙다 should become 고마와 is this an exception to the above rule?

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Re: Difficult question

Postby manyakumi » March 11th, 2011 2:45 pm

tzk19944046 wrote:Anybody knows why 고맙다 becomes 고마워? Because from what I know When the verb stem enda with ㅗorㅏ the ㅂ is replaced with a 오 eg 돕다 becomes 도와. Following this rule 고맙다 should become 고마와 is this an exception to the above rule?

Hello, tzk19944046.
Thank you for sharing a good question.

Actually, you seem to know the earlier version of grammar standard.
It had been changed back in 1988, and now when all ㅂ irregular verbs meet vowel ending become -워 form except only 곱다 and 돕다.
곱다 > 곱+ㅏ > 고와
돕다 > 도+ㅏ > 도와

So, 도와 is the exception, not 고마워 side. :)
Hope this helps.



Sean
;-)

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tzk19944046
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Postby tzk19944046 » March 11th, 2011 11:56 pm

Okay thanks but is that the only two words that are the exceptions

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Postby manyakumi » March 12th, 2011 4:47 am

tzk19944046 wrote:Okay thanks but is that the only two words that are the exceptions


Yes. Those are all you have to memorize. ;-)
Have a nice day~!


Sean.
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Thanks tzk19944046 & manyakumi,

Postby timandyou » March 28th, 2011 8:08 am

감사합니다 두 분.
질문을 해주신 tzk19944046님께 감사~~
답변을 해주신 manyakumi님께 감사~~
전 행복합니다~~
cheers,
Tim 8)

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