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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㅅ has 4 different pronunciation variants.
s
/ song /
ㅅ → vowels ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅜ, ㅡ, ㅐ, ㅔ, ㅘ, ㅝ, ㅙ, ㅞ, ㅚ
Korean
기사
소설
가수
세다
쇠
Transcription
[ ki sa ]
[ so sŏl ]
[ ka su ]
[ se da ]
[ swe ]
English
article
novel
singer
strong
iron
sh
/ she /
ㅅ → vowels ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅣ, ㅟ
Korean
시간
쉬다
곳이
Transcription
[ shi gan ]
[ shwi da ]
[ ko shi ]
English
time
to take a rest
place
t
/ tall /
ㅅ is the last letter in a word
ㅅ → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ)
Korean
곳
것
못 가요
Transcription
[ 곧 ]
[ 걷 ]
[ 몯 까요 ]
English
place
thing
cannot go
n
/ no /
ㅅ → consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ
Korean
콧물
못 먹어요
Transcription
[ 콘물 ]
[ 몬 머거요 ]
English
nasal mucus
cannot eat
* See also Batchim ㄷ (ㅅ), 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 ).