어렵다
eoryeopda · TOPIK 1
to be difficult
🧩 eoryeop sounds like oh-ree-YUP: Oh really? Yup, it is difficult.
The stem 어렵- (eoryeop) is a native Korean adjective; -다 is the dictionary ending. It is a ㅂ-irregular: the ㅂ turns into 우 before a vowel, so the polite form is 어려워요 (eoryeowoyo), not 어렵어요. Opposite: 쉽다, to be easy.