Korean Pronunciation Rules (Part 2)

Welcome back! In this post, we’ll cover the next 3 Korean pronunciation rules.

These rules explain how some sounds change naturally when speaking.

When a consonant is followed by a nasal sound (like ㅁ or ㄴ), the first sound often changes to match.

📌 Example:
국물 (soup, stock, broth) → [궁물] (gung-mul)
The ㄱ changes to ㅇ (a nasal sound) because of the ㅁ.

👉 Tip: This makes pronunciation smoother and more natural.

When ㄴ and ㄹ are next to each other, the ㄴ becomes ㄹ so it flows better.

📌 Example:
난로 (heater) → [날로] (nal-lo)

👉 Think of it as making the word roll off the tongue more easily.

When ㄷ or ㅌ is followed by ㅣ or the “y” vowels (like ㅑ, ㅕ), it turns into a ch sound.

📌 Examples:
해돋이 (sunrise) → [해도지] (hae-do-ji)

👉 It sounds like the word changes, but it’s just a natural shift to a softer sound.

🔜 Part 3 will explain:

Tense Sound Change, Insertion, and Elision — stay tuned!

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