How do you conjugate 우다?
Why does it become 울지마 when you say "don't cry"? Where does the ㄹ come from? And how would you say "I am crying."

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How do you conjugate 우다?
Why does it become 울지마 when you say "don't cry"? Where does the ㄹ come from? And how would you say "I am crying."

히히 감사합니다!~ :)

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You guys are better than me even though I'm Korean lol.

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http://www.koreanlanguagenerd.com/grammarindex/5-speech-level-formal-speech/5-speech-lvl-exception-1

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Oops, for "I'm crying" it's just 저는 울어요 (plain present tense) or 저는 울고 있어요 (progressive).

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The verb "to cry" is 울다. There is no verb 우다 as far as I know. When you want to say "don't do something", you add -지 말다 to the verb stem. So 울 + 지 말다. And then conjugated, it is 울지 마세요 or just 울지 마.

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