Hi! Well, practising with native speakers and asking them to correct your pronunciation is the best way. You can do this during language exchange or perhaps put recordings of your speaking on Lang-8. Learning the pronunciation rules is really important if you haven’t already. Also just practice to train your mouth! Read out-loud whenever you’re reading and follow along/mimic the pronunciation when you’re listening to something.
Tag: pronunciation rules
바른 발음, really good for studying the pronunciation rules (which you can learn here) and 한글 달인 for learning commonly misused words. Both apps are easy to use, you simple choose the correct answer and it will give you an explanation of the rules and usages. Also good for learning new phrases and the explanations are great reading practice.
Korean Pronunciation
(notes from class today)
When “ㅎ” is not in the first position, it has the sound of “ㅇ” (no sound).For example 인형 (doll) sound like 인영
은행 (bank) sounds like 은앵
좋아요 (good/like) sounds like 조아요
많아요 (many) sounds like 마나요
고향 (hometown) sounds like 고양
PRONUNCIATION RULES
받침 + ㅎ –> ㅎ becomes silent
말하다 [마라다]
운전하다 [운저나다]
쌀쌀해요 [쌀싸래요]
따뜻하다 [따뜨타다]
Nasal
받침 + ㄴ or ㅁ
ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ —>ㅇ
악녀 [앙녀]
박물관 [방물관]
빅맥 [빙맥]
닦는다 [당는다]
작년 [장년] last year
ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅎ —> ㄴ
낱낱이 [난나치]
붓는다 [분는다 ]
맞는 [만는]
놓는다 [논는다]
옛날 [옌날] old days
ㅂ, ㅍ —> ㅁ
옵니다 [옴니다]
밥맛 [밤맏]
앞문 [암문]
Aspiration
if ㅎ + ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅈ, ㅂ then sound is aspirated (ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅊ, ㅍ, ㅎ)
좋다 [조타]
좋지 [좋치]
많다 [만타]
갇히다 [가치다] (ㄷ + 히 = ㅌ히 = 치)
this also happens with ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ + ㅎ
축하 [추카]
간략하다 [갈랴카다]
법학 [버팍]
Tensification
if ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ + ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ these sound becomes tense (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ)
갑시다 [갑씨다]
곧기 [곧끼]
잡담 [잡땀]
육박전 [육빡쩐]
접속 [접쏙]
박자 [박짜]
Liquidation
ㄴㄹ → ㄹㄹ
신라 [실라]
간략 [갈략]
인류[일류]
신림 [실림]
ㄹㄴ → ㄹㄹ
칼날 [칼랄]
일념 [일렴]
ㅇ, ㅂ, ㄱ + ㄹ = ㄴ
ㅇㄹ → ㅇㄴ
정류장 [정뉴장]
장래 [장내]
ㅂㄹ → ㅁㄴ
입력 [임녁]
엽록체 [염녹체]
ㄱㄹ → ㅇㄴ
박람회 [방남회]
악령 [앙녕]
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