ㅍ
Remember how I told you the aspirated sound for ㅂ was a light 'p' sound? That's because this consonant is the full 'p' sound. So, ㅍ is 'p'. In my pronunciations, there won't be any difference between ㅍ and ㅂ when it sounds like a p... They both will be represented with a 'p'.
ㅊ
An remember how the aspirated sound for ㅈwas a light 'ch'? Well, again, this is the fully aspirated 'ch'. Most fully aspirated consonants(except ㅍ) are written the same as their regular consonant counterpart, except with an added stroke. ㅈ to ㅊ. This character is also pronounced 't' when it is at the end of a word or before a consonant.
ㅌ
Look familiar? It kind of looks like a ㄷ with an added stroke. That means that this is pronounced as a fully aspirated ㄷ. So, the consonant ㅌ sounds like a 't'.
ㅋ
Looks like ㄱ with an added stroke, right? That means it sounds like a 'k'.
Remember how I said ㅎ will change the consonants in Lesson 3 to their aspirated sounds when next to one? These aspirated consonants are what I was talking about. For example: 압하 would be pronounced 아파. Remember, the spelling doesn't change, just how you pronounce it.
Just remember them in pairs:
ㅂㅍ
ㅈㅊ
ㄷㅌ
ㄱㅋ
The tensed(double) consonants are pretty easy, too. Most people teach them as a stronger version of the non-aspirated sound for the regular consonants we learned in Lesson 3, which means according to that, none of the double consonants have a 't' 'p' 'k' 'ch' sound. But to me, and it may just be my ears, but I have heard the aspirated sounds with double consonants. But, basically, just now to it is a stronger emphasis than a regular consonant.
ㅃ
Strong 'BB' sound. May sound like a 'p' every now and again. Will use 'bb' to represent this sound in pronunciations.
ㅉ
Strong 'JJ' sound. May sound like a 'ch'.. Will use 'jj' to represent this sound. Sounds like 'tt' at the end of words and before consonant.
ㄸ
Strong 'DD' sound. Again, may sound like 't'. Will use 'dd'. Sounds like 'tt' at the end of words and before consonant.
ㄲ
You guessed it, strong 'GG' sound. May sound like 'k'. Will use 'gg'.
ㅆ
Strong 'SS'. Same as ㅅ in every way except stronger sound. Will use 'ss'. Sounds like 'tt' at the end of words and before consonant.
Now that you have ALL of the consonants, let's finish the vowels! All except for the last one are 'w' vowels. Basically, the tall vowel is the vowel sound it makes, but you add a 'w' sound before it.
ㅘ
'Ah' is the vowel sound. You just add 'w' before it: w+ㅏ= wah
ㅝ
'O' is the vowel sound. W+ㅓ=wo
ㅟ
'Ee' is the vowel sound. W+ㅣ=wee -- Like the french 'oui'
ㅙ,ㅞ,ㅚ
These all sound like 'Weh' or W+ㅔ/ㅐ. The last one, ㅚ, doesn't sound like 'wee' for whatever reason. Just know that that one sounds like 'weh' as well.
ㅢ
This one, you basically put the two sounds together. ㅡ and then ㅣ. ㅢ. I will use 'ui' in pronunciations. I have also heard this sound like 'weh' as well, but it was in a song, and it had a consonant with it, so I don't know if that was just for consonants, or that specific consonant, or what. Then again, the lyrics may have been misspelled, also.
You'll get plenty of practice on the Pronunciation Worksheet below, so I won't go into any examples.
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