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| Korean Consonants |
- Regular Consonants
To the right is a chart of all of the 'normal' consonants found
in Hangul.
These sounds are fairly easy to obtain.
In general consonants are pronounced much softer when in the middle of the
word (especially between two vowels).
The silent 'o' (ng) begins
words that start with a vowel sound.The program, 'Reading Korean',
demonstrates each sound of the above consonants.
These sounds are
the basics of Korean!! A student should master the consonants
above before reading further. |
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- Double Consonants
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The double consonants (see the chart on the left) can be described
as 'stopped' consonants.
When speaking these consonants, the breath
is paused and tension is built up.
However, the consonants are not
exploded. |
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Instead, they stress the vowel that follows. Again listen
to the expamples in 'Reading Korean'.
Three of these double
consonants do not end syllables, which is indicated by '-'. |
- Complex Consonants
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Many syllables end with two consonants (see chart on left).
There are two simple rules for reading this phenomnon:
1. When followed with a vowel, both consonants are read/spoken.
2. When follwed by a consonant or used at the end of word, only
the first or second is read/spoken (depending on the word).
Fortunately, Korean does not use these types of combinations
very often.Some examples of these complex consonants are: |
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