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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㅊ has 3 different pronunciation variants.
chʰ
/ chip /
any situation except those you will find below
Korean
빛을 내다
차다
기침
Transcription
[ 비츨 내다 ]
[ 차다 ]
[ 기침 ]
English
to emit light
cold
cough
t
/ tall /
ㅊ is the last letter in a word
ㅊ → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ)
Korean
닻
낯설다
낯두꺼운
빛과...
Transcription
[ 닫 ]
[ 낟썰다 ]
[ 낟뚜꺼운 ]
[ 빋꽈 ]
English
anchor
unfamiliar
compromising
light and ...
n
/ no /
ㅊ → consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ
Korean
빛나다
닻 내려!
빛 민감도
Transcription
[ 빈나다 ]
[ 단 내려 ]
[ 빈 민감도 ]
English
to shine, to glow
let go the anchor!
light sensitivity
* See also Batchim ㄷ (ㅊ), How to read ㄷ
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 ).