#korean rules

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Lesson 5: Batchim (빋침)

If you haven’t learn 한글, which is lesson 2 then do that first then come back to this lesson. 

Batchim: Is a grammatical feature. It’s a consonant placed at the bottom and pronounced at the end in a Korean syllable block. 

Batchim (받침) mean support or prop because it supports other letters from below. You can’t distinguish which one is a 받침 or not with rominized Korean. You can see a big difference when you compare Korean language.

Rules:

ㅇ: 

If a syllable ends in  ㅇ → Rule:ㅇ makes an “ng” sound → Example: 사랑 (sa-rang)  

If a syllable ends in ㅎ and is followed by ㅇ → Rule: ㅎ is silent → Example: 맗이 (ma-ni)

If 받침 is followed by ㅇ → Rule: 받침 is carried over to replace the silent ㅇ → Example: 먹어요 becomes into → 머거요 (meo-geo-yo)

ㅌ: 

If syllable ends in ㅌ and is followed by 이 → Rule: Makes 치 (Chi) sound → Example: 같이 →  가치 (Ka-chi)

ㄷ: 

If syllable ends in ㄷ and is followed by 이 → Rule: Makes 지 (Ji) → Example: 귿이 → 구치 (Gu-chi)

ㄹ: 

If syllable ends in ㄹ → Rule: If followed by a constant: makes a L sound. If followed by: ㅇ: Make (kind of) r sound →  Examples: 살다 (sal-da) & 살아요 (Sa-ra-yo) (kind of a rolled r sound but shorter and tighter) 

Rule: Some consonant rules 

Combination: ㄴ + ㄹ →  Rule: Makes ㄹ + ㄹ sound → Example: 운래 → 월래 (wol-lae)

Combination: ㄹ + ㄱ →  Rule: Make just ㄱ sound & it ㄹ + ㄱ + ㄷ, then makes a ㄱ + ㄸ sound → Examples: 닭 →  닥 (dak) & 읽다 →  익따 (ik-dda)

Combinations: ㅅ + ㄷ →  Rule: Makes ㄸ sound → Example: 없다 →  업따 (eop-dda) 

Congrats you just finished learning about 빋침. I know 빋침 is confusing so if you have any question please feel free to contact me. Next lesson is going to be about diphthongs. 

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Lesson 6: Diphthongs

Diphthongs: Are combinations of vowels. 

ㅐ: 

Dipthongs:ㅐ →  Pronounce: Ae →  Example: 애들 (Ae-dul)  

ㅓ:

Dipthongs: ㅓ → Pronounce: Eh → Example: 가게 (ga-geh)

ㅒ: 

Dipthongs: ㅒ → Pronounce: Yeh → Example: 개 (gae) 

ㅖ: 

Dipthongs: ㅖ → Pronounce: Yeh → Example: 계단 (gye-dan)

ㅢ: 

Dipthongs: ㅢ  → Pronounce: Eui → Example: 의사 (eui-sa)

ㅚ: 

Dipthongs: ㅚ → Pronounce: Weh → Example: 죄 (jweh) 

ㅘ: 

Dipthongs: ㅘ → Pronounce: Wah → Example: 찰영 (chwal-yeong) 

ㅙ: 

Dipthongs: ㅙ → Pronounce: Weh → Example: 왜요 (Wae-yo) 

ㅟ: 

Dipthongs: ㅟ → Pronounce: Wee → Example: 귀 (gwi)

ㅝ: 

Dipthongs: ㅝ  → Pronounce: Weo → Example: 월 (wol) 

ㅞ: 

Dipthongs: ㅞ  → Pronounce: Weh → Example: 웹사이트 (web-sa-ee-teu) 

Congrats on finished this lesson about dipthongs! If you are still confused, please feel free to DM/message me on Tumblr. In the next lesson, we’ll be learning how to read and write. 

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4. Alternately, instead of using present tense progressive, most Korean speakers simply use the present tense. Rather than saying "I am studying", you can simply reply with "I study".

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3. To be in the process of doing something is called "Present tense progressive". In order to conjugate a verb this way, you shove ~고 있어요 on the end of the verb stem. Remember that 있어요 literally means "exists" so to tack in on to the verb means something along the lines of "this action exists". AKA: I'm doing it right now.

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2. ~이다 is only used for nouns. In situations where you need to say that a noun is something, use ~이다.

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