The Korean Alphabet is Easy

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The Korean alphabet is easy.

Pronunciation is a bitch.

You need to practice with a Korean native to getthe basic consonants and vowels down.

This link here is a great resource which also

includes video and audio for each lip movement.But unless you learn the following rules forhow

you should pronounce two consonants which are

found together, pronunciation will seem muchmore mysterious than it needs to be.

Some of these rules, you may have seen. Some

of them, you have not!
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You have to know that there are only 7

sounds with which a word can end, the others all

resolve to one of the following seven. That is tosay, there are only 7 ending consonant sounds

possible in Korean:

:,,

:,,

:,

::,

:

:


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Those are the most common. there are other sounds, all

of which must resolve themselves down to those seven.

Here are the not so common:

:,

:

=> [

] (see below for the reason for this ):, => [], []

:

:,

::


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Korean doesn't like to mix certainfinal vowels with certain beginning

vowels, so it came up with some

rules to try and make things

"clearer".

these are some of the rules I havelearned or come across:


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(hardening of the sound) also

called ........ this is aboutand and they are grouped together

here. (should they be?)

',' '-

(-)' '- -', ','

','(1) ','.(,.)


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translation:

+ -> + ->

but the and the are still written and

even though they are pronounced asand.

source: www.korean.go.krThe pronunciation is the right side,the

written form is the left side of the following.
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+ ->

+ ->

[]

[]

[]

[]

[]

source:

http://www.indiana.edu/~korean/K101/Pron_

rules.htm l
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+ -->

examples:

[]

[]

[]

+ -->

->

+ --> +

example:=>


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[]the disappearing

[] () []

->

->

->


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[]

[]

[] []

[]

[]

[]

[]

->

+ -> + ->

->


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is the doubling-up of theconsonants depending on the

consonants/vowels which

precede them.

For example, -> and ->

and so on.


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''

., '

-,-',

.

'',

().

,

()

.


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: ?: ?


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(head sound)

When "" or "" comes at the begining of a word it

changes to "" or"o".

Example: ->

->

->

->

this applies to both reading and writing

is an exception to this rule, as it's not written.

But, i don't know how they say RADIO then...

note also that after a '' if there is a as in '', ''

then these are written as '', ''.


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I'd like to clarify when we use some of each of the three

consonant types.

1.(:) + (:)

for example, when or is followed by a consonant, the second

consonant is turned into ( => ), .

()

[] :

.[] : .


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2. sometimes is used for no

particular reason.

''.

(315, you

know)


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mint

Posts: 269

native korean # Posted: 16 Dec 2006 18:22 KST - Edited by: mint

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I'd like to clarify when we use some of each of the three consonant types.

1.(:) + (:)

for example, when or is followed by a consonant, the second consonant is turned into ( => )

, . ()[] : .[] : .

2. sometimes is used for no particular reason.

''.(315, you know)

3., , , , , , , , ().

, '' ''(aspiration,, , , , )(,)

.

I reedited a little this post.Please point out my mistakes in English anytime. Thank you.
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1.

(:) + (:)

means changing sound

the sound changes into another, whatever an is.

for example,

, . (

)

remember is the doubling of the consonant depending on what hadpreceded it.

is a kind of because there is a changing in the sound.

happens when a consonant follows or

[] :

.

[] :

.

here mint gives two examples of: -> and ->


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2.

'

'.

(315, youknow)

there are also times when we use

even when it doesn't have to

happen.


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3., , , ,

, , , , (

).

is just the first consonant,non-doubled.


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mint

Posts: 269

native korean # Posted: 17 Dec 2006 15:52 KSTQuote ... Re-Sideview ... ([i]head sound)

For more information,

(),

or .

.

.

radio rhythm Linux

news New York nickname()Please point out

my mistakes in English anytime. Thank you.
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is pronounced but I don'tknow the rule.

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