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TOPIK 5verb

얹다

eonda [언따]

얹어요 · 얹었어요 · 얹을 거예요 · 얹으세요

to put on (top of), to place on; to add on

Example

밥 위에 계란 프라이를 얹어서 먹어요.

I eat it with a fried egg on top of the rice.

Word parts

Fun idiom: 숟가락을 얹다 'to put one's spoon on' = to take credit for others' work.

Good to know

Pronounced [언따] — the ㅈ of ㄵ is silent before a consonant.