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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㄷ has 6 different pronunciation variants.
t
/ stay /
ㄷ is the first letter in a word
ㄷ (ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅌ) is the last letter in a word
ㄷ → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅎ)
Korean
다리
숟가락
받다
옷
갖다
같다
Transcription
[ 다리 ]
[ 숟까락 ]
[ 받따 ]
[ 옫 ]
[ 갇따 ]
[ 갇따 ]
English
bridge
spoon
to receive
clothes *
to have, to hold *
same, identical *
* See also Batchim ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅌ
n
/ sun /
ㄷ → consonants ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ
Korean
곧 내려가요
곧 만나요
Transcription
[ 곤 내려가요 ]
[ 곤 만나요 ]
English
I'll be down soon
See you soon
tʰ
/ tall /
ㄷ → consonant ㅎ
Consonant ㅎ → ㄷ
Korean
싫다
Transcription
[ 실타 ]
English
to dislike, to hate
* See also Batchim ㅀ
tt
/ stock /
Consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ, ㅎ) → ㄷ
Korean
어학당
받다
찾다
Transcription
[ 어학땅 ]
[ 받따 ]
[ 찯따 ]
English
language school
to receive
to find, to search *
* See also Batchim ㅈ, How to read ㅈ
d
/ done /
Consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ → ㄷ
Vowel → ㄷ → vowel or ㅇ (except 이 sound)
Korean
하다
반드시
살다
사람들
강도
Transcription
[ 하다 ]
[ 반드시 ]
[ 살다 ]
[ 사람들 ]
[ 강도 ]
English
to do
certainly
to live
people
strength
j
/ jeans /
Vowel → ㄷ → 이
Korean
굳이
Transcription
[ 구지 ]
English
obstinately
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 ).