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Pronunciation Rules
The Korean letter ㅌ has 4 different pronunciation variants.
tʰ
/ state house /
any situation except those you will find below
Korean
타다
기타
대통령
Transcription
[ 타다 ]
[ 기타 ]
[ 대통녕 ]
English
to get in, to ride
others, guitar
president (of a country) *
* See also How to read ㄹ
t
/ tall /
ㅌ is the last letter in a word
ㅌ → consonant (except ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ)
Korean
끝
같다
맡기다
Transcription
[ 끋 ]
[ 갇따 ]
[ 맏끼다 ]
English
end
same
to entrust
n
/ no /
ㅌ → consonant ㄴ, ㄹ, ㅁ
Korean
끝내다
밭 면적
Transcription
[ 끈나다 ]
[ 반 면적 ]
English
to finish
farming field area
chʰ
/ chip /
ㅌ → 이
Korean
같이
Transcription
[ 가치 ]
English
together
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 ).