ㅐ and ㅔ
Hi! I am having a really hard time with these sounds. To my ears, they sounds exactly the same. Is there a real difference in sound? For example, using 사랑해 and 사랑헤. I always write it using the first one. Also, with 안녕하세요 and 안녕하새요. I always write it using the first one, but these are only because the books I've read and people I've talked to told me to spell it that way.

I'm sorry if my question if confusing. My main point is, for a person like me who is still leaning Korean, how would I learn if I should use ㅐ or ㅔ?

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ㅐ and ㅔ
Hi! I am having a really hard time with these sounds. To my ears, they sounds exactly the same. Is there a real difference in sound? For example, using 사랑해 and 사랑헤. I always write it using the first one. Also, with 안녕하세요 and 안녕하새요. I always write it using the first one, but these are only because the books I've read and people I've talked to told me to spell it that way.

I'm sorry if my question if confusing. My main point is, for a person like me who is still leaning Korean, how would I learn if I should use ㅐ or ㅔ?

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The difference is similar to the one between the French vowels é (ㅔ) and è (ㅐ). However the majority of people doesn't distinguish them and it has become a matter of accent.

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I think 애 and 에 have pretty much same sounds. So when someone has name 제원 or 재원, sometime he needs to tell people about the spelling of his name because these pronounciations are same.

It is hard to distinguish between 에 and 애 by sounds. So people who are learning Korean are highly remmended to memorise relevant words by spelling.

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