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Pronunciation Rules

The Korean letter ㅂ has 5 different pronunciation variants.

p

/ pin /

ㅂ is the first letter in a word

ㅂ (ㅍ, ㄼ, ㄿ, ㅄ) is the last letter in a word

ㅂ (ㅍ, ㄼ, ㄿ, ㅄ) → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅎ)

Korean

바다

습관

덥다

여덟

밟다

없다

Transcription

[ 바다 ]

[ 밥 ]

[ 습꽌 ]

[ 덥따 ]

[ 여덜 ]

[ 밥따 ]

[ 숩 ]

[ 업따 ]

English

ocean

rice, food

habit

hot

eight *

to step on *

forest *

not to have *

* See also Batchim ㄼ, ㅍ, ㅄ

m

/ moon /

ㅂ (ㅍ, ㄼ, ㄿ, ㅄ) → consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ

Korean

갑니다

급락

집마다

없는

Transcription

[ 감니다 ]

[ 금낙 ]

[ 짐마다 ]

[ 엄는 ]

English

I go

collapse, crash

every house

not to have

/ pole /

ㅂ → consonant ㅎ

Consonant ㅎ → ㅂ

Korean

입학

곱하다

Transcription

[ 이팍 ]

[ 고파다 ]

English

admission (school)

to multiply

pp

/ space /

Consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ, ㅎ) → ㅂ

Korean

학비

곧바로

협박

Transcription

[ 학삐 ]

[ 곧빠로 ]

[ 협빡 ]

English

tuition fee

immediately

blackmail

b

/ book /

Consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅇ → ㅂ

Vowel → ㅂ → vowel or ㅇ

Korean

가방

입어요

신부

돌보다

담보

공부

Transcription

[ 가방 ]

[ 이버요 ]

[ 신부 ]

[ 돌보다 ]

[ 담보 ]

[ 공부 ]

English

bag

to dress

bride

to take care

security

studies

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 ).