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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㄹ has 3 different pronunciation variants.
l
/ small /
any situation except those you will find below
(i.e. ㄹ is the last letter in a word; ㄹ → consonant; consonant ㄹ → ㄹ)
Korean
날
팔다
할머니
빨리
Transcription
[ 날 ]
[ 팔다 ]
[ 할머니 ]
[ 빨리 ]
English
day
to sell
grandma
quickly, fast
r
/ daddy /
ㄹ is the first letter in a word
Vowel → ㄹ → vowel or ㅇ
Korean
라디오
나라
살아요
Transcription
[ 라디오 ]
[ 나라 ]
[ 사라요 ]
English
radio
country
smb. live / lives
n
/ no /
Consonant (except ㄹ) → ㄹ
Korean
음료
등록
목록
입력
Transcription
[ 음뇨 ]
[ 등녹 ]
[ 몽녹 ]
[ 임녁 ]
English
beverage
registration
list *
to input *
* See also How to read ㄱ, How to read ㅂ
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 ).