Important Pronunciation Rules Re-syllabification (Linking sound) 연음 When a following syllable starts with ㅇ, which has no sound value at the beginning of a syllable, the last consonant of the preceding syllable carries over: 맛있어 (it’s delicious) = [마시써] : both ㅅ and ㅆ are carried over to the following syllable Last Consonant 받침 /bat-chim/…
Here are videos to help you distinguish and practice Korean regular, aspirated, and tense consonants. ㄱ vs ㅋ vs ㄲㄴ vs ㄷ vs ㅌ vs ㄸㅁ vs ㅂ vs ㅍ vs ㅃㅅ vs ㅆㅈ vs ㅊ vs ㅉ
Vowels 8 simple vowel sounds (21 total vowels) Syllable: consonant + vowel + (consonants) Vowels consist of 3 elements: heaven, earth, human Watch lessons about vowels here: Short lesson about vowels: Detailed LIVE class with many examples and pronunciation guides: BASIC VOWELS HOW TO MAKE [y-] DIPHTHONGS Read the following words made of vowels only…
Cool Facts about Hangeul Han-geul (한글) is the name of the Korean writing system: it is the name of Korean alphabet. Han-geul (한글) is different from Han-gug-eo (한국어), the language including spoken and written. The original scrip of Hangeul, ‘Hun-min-jeong-eum’ (훈민정음) was designated as UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 1997. It was promulgated…
