Learn How to Read in Korean and Pronounce Korean words
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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㄱ has 5 different pronunciation variants.
k
/ cake /
ㄱ is the first letter in a word
ㄱ (ㅋ, ㄺ, ㄳ, ㄲ) is the last letter in a word
ㄱ (ㅋ, ㄺ, ㄳ, ㄲ) → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅎ)
Korean
가수
책
학생
부엌
닭
몫
낚시
Transcription
[ 가수 ]
[ 책 ]
[ 학쌩 ]
[ 부억 ]
[ 닥 ]
[ 목 ]
[ 낙씨 ]
English
singer
book
student
kitchen *
chicken *
share, portion *
fishing *
* See also How to read ㅋ, Batchim ㄺ, ㄳ, How to read ㄲ
ng
/ king /
ㄱ (ㅋ, ㄺ, ㄳ, ㄲ) → consonants ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ
Korean
국내
학문
읽는
닦는
부엌문
목록
Transcription
[ 궁내 ]
[ 항문 ]
[ 잉는 ]
[ 당는 ]
[ 부엉문 ]
[ 몽녹 ]
English
domestic, national
studies
who is reading
who is cleaning
kitchen door
list *
* See also How to read ㄹ
kʰ
/ egghead /
ㄱ → consonant ㅎ
Consonant ㅎ → ㄱ
Korean
목화
어떻게
Transcription
[ 모콰 ]
[ 어떠케 ]
English
cotton
how
kk
/ sky /
Consonants (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ, ㅎ) → ㄱ
Korean
학기
합계
곳곳
Transcription
[ 학끼 ]
[ 합꼐 ]
[ 곧꼳 ]
English
semester
total
everywhere *
* See also How to read ㅅ
g
/ gone /
Consonants ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ → ㄱ
Vowel → ㄱ → vowel or ㅇ
Korean
가구
한국
날개
감각
강국
Transcription
[ ka gu ]
[ han guk ]
[ nal ge ]
[ kam gak ]
[ kang guk ]
English
furniture
South Korea
wings
sense
powerful country
Quick reference (click to open)
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).