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Pronunciation: Tensification & Aspiration
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Master the triple contrast: plain / aspirated / tensed consonants.
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Silla (ancient Korean kingdom)
신라는 천 년 동안 이어졌어요. — Silla lasted for a thousand years.
★★★☆☆
난로
nallo
heater / stove
겨울에 난로를 켜요. — In winter I turn on the heater.
★★★☆☆
꽃말
kkonmal
the meaning of a flower (flower language)
장미의 꽃말은 사랑이에요. — The flower meaning of a rose is love.
★★★☆☆
Grammar Patterns
비음화 (받침 ㄱ/ㄷ/ㅂ → ㅇ/ㄴ/ㅁ) Nasalization: stops become nasals When a final consonant ㄱ, ㄷ, or ㅂ (and sounds that become them, like ㄲ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅌ, ㅍ) meets a following ㄴ or ㅁ, the stop changes into the matching nasal sound: ㄱ→ㅇ, ㄷ→ㄴ, ㅂ→ㅁ. The spelling stays the same; only the pronunciation changes.
국물 [궁물] — soup broth — pronounced 'gungmul'
gungmul (written gukmul)
받는다 [반는다] — receives — pronounced 'banneunda'
banneunda (written batneunda)
입니다 [임니다] — it is (formal) — pronounced 'imnida'
imnida (written ipnida)
비음화 (받침 ㄱ/ㅂ/ㅇ/ㅁ + ㄹ → ㄴ) Nasalization: ㄹ becomes ㄴ When ㄹ follows the consonants ㄱ, ㅂ, ㅇ, or ㅁ, the ㄹ changes to ㄴ. Additionally, after ㄱ or ㅂ this often triggers further nasalization of the preceding stop too. This is common in Sino-Korean vocabulary.
심리 [심니] — psychology — pronounced 'simni'
simni (written simli)
정리 [정니] — arrangement/tidying — pronounced 'jeongni'
jeongni (written jeongli)
대통령 [대ː통녕] — president — pronounced 'daetongnyeong'
daetongnyeong (written daetonglyeong)
유음화 (ㄴ + ㄹ → ㄹㄹ / ㄹ + ㄴ → ㄹㄹ) Liquidization: ㄴ↔ㄹ become ㄹㄹ When ㄴ and ㄹ come next to each other (in either order), the ㄴ changes to ㄹ, so both are pronounced as a doubled liquid 'll'. This applies to ㄴ+ㄹ and ㄹ+ㄴ boundaries.
신라 [실라] — Silla (ancient kingdom) — pronounced 'silla'
silla (written sinla)
설날 [설ː랄] — Lunar New Year — pronounced 'seollal'
seollal (written seolnal)
연락 [열락] — contact — pronounced 'yeollak'
yeollak (written yeonlak)
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How is 국물 ('soup broth') actually pronounced?
'국물'은 실제로 어떻게 발음되나요?
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