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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㅎ has only one pronunciation variant.
h
/ honey /
ㅎ is the first letter in a word
Consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ) → ㅎ
Korean
한국
목화
입학
Transcription
[ han guk ]
[ mokʰwa ]
[ i pʰak ]
English
South Korea
cotton
admission (school)
h
/ honest / (barely audible)
vowel → ㅎ → vowel
ㅎ → consonant
Consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ → ㅎ
Korean
기회
좋다
천천히
일하다
강하다
Transcription
[ ki hwe ]
[ cho: tʰa ]
[ chʰŏn chʰŏn hi ]
[ i rha da ]
[ kang ha da ]
English
opportunity
good
slowly
to work
strong
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 ).