Pronounciation of certain Consonants
I know this question might seem a bit ... strange, since I just got started studying Koren but I just really want to get everything right.
The consonants ㅂ(b,p) ㄷ(d,t) ㄱ(g,k) ㄹ(r,l) have two different ways of trancripting them, but when do I use which one?
I have a book which is saying that ㄱ is a g in front of a Vocal and k at the end of a syllable or in front of a consonant. On the other hand I found webpage where it is saying that it is k at the beginning of a word and g somewhere in the word and that it doesn't matter whether it is at the end of a syllable or nor. So can someone please clarify the pronouncitaion of these consonants for me?
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Answers · 5
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Okay, thank you!
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_phonology
Korean consonants have three principal positional allophones: initial, medial (voiced), and final (checked). The initial form is found at the beginning of phonological words. The medial form is found in voiced environments, intervocalically and after a voiced consonant such as n or l. The final form is found in checked environments, such as at the end of a phonological word or before an obstruent consonant such as t or k. Nasal consonants (m, n, ng) do not have noticeable positional allophones, though ng cannot appear in initial position.
ㄱ
Initial allophone : k ex) 가을
Medial allophone : ɡ ex) 사과
Final allophone : k̚ ex ) 직진
ㄷ
Initial allophone : t ex) 다음
Medial allophone : d ex) 지도
Final allophone : t̚ ex) 닫기
ㅂ
Initial allophone : p ex) 바다
Medial allophone : b ex) 가보
Final allophone : p̚ ex) 답가
ㄹ
Initial allophone : ɾ ex) 리본
Medial allophone : ɾ ex) 나리
Final allophone : l ex) 솔개
Listen and repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZhOeA0RD9o
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As a native Korean speaker, I agree with Gertie's succinct and well-informed comments.
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The sounds of English and the sounds of Korean are different. Therefore, you can't just pick one English letter to match with one Korean letter. Also, English pronunciation/orthography is ridiculous, so it's all very debatable.
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Learn how the letters /sound/ by listening, not reading. Don't worry about Romanization. Very inaccurate and subjective. Actually, somebody just asked this exact Q the other day. You could look for it (I'm on my phone).
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