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일어나다

일어나다

Korean

Verb

일어나다 (ireonada) (infinitive 일어나, sequential 일어나니)

  1. to get up
  2. to occur; to happen

Conjugation

일어나다 (ireonada) has two forms for the 해라체 (haerache, “plain”) imperative. The blunt form is regular: 일어나라 (ireonara, “get up!”). The less blunt form is irregular: 일어나거라 (ireonageora, “arise!”). Other verbs with the irregular non-blunt form are 자다 (jada, “to sleep”), 자라다 (jarada, “to grow”), 가다 (gada, “to go”), and compound verbs ending in 가다 (gada).

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-06-03), 일어나다”, in 표준국어대사전