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To be early in Korean 🇰🇷


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to be early 이르다
How to say “to be early” in Korean? “이르다”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “이르다” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to be early in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tip to remember the word: Imagine an "Earl" who always wakes up at dawn. The name Earl sounds like “이르다” (i-ru-da), which helps you recall that this word means “to be early” or “early.”

Explanation: 이르다 is a descriptive verb (adjective-verb) used to say that something is early, premature, or ahead of the usual time. When used in its attributive form, it becomes 이른 (i-reun), as in “이른 아침” (early morning).

Other words with a similar meaning:
• 일찍 (iljjik) – an adverb meaning “early”
• 조기 (jogi) – used as a noun modifier in contexts like 조기 진단 (early diagnosis)

Conjugations of 이르다 (using the plain and polite forms):

• Dictionary (infinitive) form: 이르다 (i-ru-da) – “to be early”
• Attributive form: 이른 (i-reun) – as in “이른 아침” (“early morning”)

Present tense:
 ○ Plain: 이르다
 ○ Polite: 이릅니다 (i-reum-ni-da)    (e.g., 시간 이릅니다 – “It is early”)

Past tense:
 ○ Plain: 이르렀다 (i-ru-ryeot-da)
 ○ Polite: 이르렀습니다 (i-ru-ryeot-seum-ni-da) (e.g., 어제는 많이 이르렀습니다 – “Yesterday it was very early”)

Future tense:
 ○ Plain: 이를 것이다 (i-reul geo-si-da)
 ○ Polite: 이를 것입니다 (i-reul geo-sim-ni-da)  (e.g., 내일은 시간이 이를 것입니다 – “Tomorrow it will be early”)

Examples of sentences:

1. Attributive usage:
 • Korean: 오늘은 이른 아침에 운동을 했습니다.
 • Romanization: Oneureun i-reun achime undong-eul haet-seum-ni-da.
 • English: “Today, I exercised in the early morning.”

2. Predicate usage in the present:
 • Korean: 지금 시간은 이릅니다.
 • Romanization: Jigeum sigan-eun i-reum-ni-da.
 • English: “The time is early now.”

3. Predicate usage in the past:
 • Korean: 어제는 회의 시작 시간이 이르렀습니다.
 • Romanization: Eoje-neun hoeui sijak sigan-i i-ru-ryeot-seum-ni-da.
 • English: “Yesterday, the meeting started early.”

4. Future prediction:
 • Korean: 내일은 모든 것이 이를 것입니다.
 • Romanization: Naeil-eun modeun geos-i i-reul geo-sim-ni-da.
 • English: “Tomorrow, everything will be early.”

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