먹다
meokda
to eat
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
먹
ㅁminitial+ㅓeomedial+ㄱkfinal
다
ㄷdinitial+ㅏamedial
Examples
- 아침을 먹어요.I eat breakfast.
- 같이 밥을 먹을까요?Shall we eat together?
Collocations
밥을 먹다약을 먹다나이를 먹다
Mnemonic
meokda "to eat" has the consonant-final stem meok-. So the present is meog-eo-yo, with the linking vowel -eo because the stem ends in a consonant. It also idiomatically means "to take" medicine and "to grow" older.
Quick check
Why is the present meog-eo-yo (with -eo)?