#beginners korean

[sidprescotts]

Are there any good online resources for learning Korean (beginners level)? Preferably free cause I'm broke af.

[borrowedbrainspace]

Basic Sound Changes

Hey^^ I didn’t know where to start. And Iwasn’t sure if I even wanted to start here….but I am going to lol because I feel like it’s the easiest part for me:D

Intro into Sound Changes:

*Bottom consonants are simply the consonants on the bottom of a syllable

           *Examples: 강= ㅇ     삶=ㄻ *Korean has a special word for these bottom consonants: 받침-literally means support **Knowing what a syllables받침is will help you w/knowing how to pronounce it in a sentence.

**Most rules for sound changes only apply when syllables are combined together w/others in a sentence (like individual words in “Nice to meet you” becomes “Nice t’meechu”

**But sometimes even on their own we need sound change rules to pronounce certain syllables, specifically w/bottom consonants

                       Example: 낮 =word for “Day”                          ----but how to pronounce it?

*--* You can’t pronounce it like “나즈”b/c that would be adding an additional vowel&there is no vowel at the end.

*its받침is simply ㅈ which has NO sound w/o a vowel

Rules for Sound Changes:

1.)  ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ, ㅊ, ㄷ,ㅌ,ㅎ

*this rule applies to syllables ending in any of the consonants above. *whenever a syllable’s받침 is one of these consonants&the syllable is at the end of a word or phrase(or on its own) it’ll be pronounced as if it were a “ㄷ” Examples:    Spelling /  Pronunciations:                        낮          /            낟                        갖          /           갇                                    있          /           읻                       히웋       /           히욷    

*often find a T at the end of words imported into Korean from other languages, especially English.   Example: 인터넷 (internet) {{when writing English words that in “T” remember to use “ㅅ” to represent the final sound, not ㄷ(which is the sound)}} [lol not confusing at all right >_<]

 Advanced notes for more learned folk: ㅉ and ㄸ are absent from the rule because there are no syllables in Korean that end with those letters at the bottom ^_^

2.)  ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ

**any of these three consonants above are simply pronounced as ㄱ at the end of  a syllable Spelling   / Pronunciation:      박        /      박   부엌   /      부 억   묶      /     묵 *Advanced: Syllables that end in ㅋ are quite rare. (although부잌 is a common word) while syllables ending in ㄱare more common ^_^

 3.)  ㅂ, ㅍ

*both of the consonants are pronounced as ㅂat the ending of a syllable Spelling  / Pronunciation:        갑     /   갑      잎    /  입       숲  /    숩 **ㅃis absent from this list because there aren’t any syllables ending like this ^_^  

 4.)  ㅁ,ㄴ,ㅇ,ㄹ

**these are all pronounced like their normal sounds at the end of a syllable. (which basically means there is no sound change for these) Spelling&Pronunciation are the same:            움 /  움            멍 / 멍            말 / 말              

**Remember that 받침 will still flow through consonant ㅇ:

 Spelling / Pronunciation:

낮 / 낟   낫이 / 나시 믿어 / 미더 낯 / 낟

 *&*&*&* I hope this was helpful^_^ I will post some pictures of my hand written notes if anyone wants to look over those too with it. I am still learning too^_^ so please let me know if I made any mistakes. I am learning from a textbook, online resources, and apps. (and friends^_^) so feel free to share and share alike. This is just intro into sound changes, to help with beginners. I haven’t even memorized the full sound change rules yet. :)