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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

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

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

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 ).