Prononciation of Korean
Hello, any tip how to improve Korean prononciation ? I've been learning Korean for about 6 months and i still can't pronounce Korean properly. It's easy, when you are talking slowly, but keeping up with native speaker is nearly impossible.. tons of mistakes. How you guys master pron... ? ( and fast reading ). Thank you

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Prononciation of Korean
Hello,  any tip how to improve Korean prononciation ? I've been learning Korean for about 6 months and i still can't pronounce Korean properly. It's easy, when you are talking slowly, but keeping up with native speaker is nearly impossible.. tons of mistakes. How you guys master pron... ?  ( and fast reading ). Thank you

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Well, it's the everlasting proverb: practice makes perfect.

I am a pronounciation perfectionist and want to master it like immediately haha!
I listen to a lot of Korean music, watch Korean tv shows, read everything Korean I might see out loud even though I couldn't translate it into my native language.
Don't worry, it's only been half a year. Keeping up with the natives is not an easy task to do! Practice practice practice. :)

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Thank you for tip, i will definitely try that one.

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Korean has some sort of pronunciation rules. For example 밥 먹었어요 is pronounced and heard as 밤머겄서요. I strongly recommend a book "Korean pronunciation for foreigners(외국인을 위한 한국어 발음 47).

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