Korean Pronunciation, Video 1: The Hangul Alphabet and Korean's Consonants
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- This is the first of a 4-part series on Korean pronunciation. The goal is to get familiar with the sounds of Korean and the IPA symbols. You'll then be able to learn them faster, either through your own studies or through my pronunciation trainers. More links below:
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Anki Language Learning: ankilanguagelearning.com
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A super detailed discussion of the IPA: • Pronunciation Tutorial...
hangul is so easy to learn then you get stuck just knowing how to “read” without knowing the correct pronunciation or what the word means
This is Soo true😭😭💜 I'm dying why is Korean so hard to learn!!😭
Ayeee calling me out like that. 😂😂😂
Thats what he said why would you repeat the same thing
i didn't even remember about this comment
but i'm happy to see an old comment now i can understand read and speak 😂
P - 10:05
T - 11:27
K - 12:07
Ch - 13:29
This is for my own convenience sorry!
You are helping yourself and others at the same time!
Yoink
1st Korean Pronounciation Video I watched: This is a cross between a t and a d, but neither.
Me: HOW?!
This one: Acutally explains how to form the new sounds.
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The diagrams were helpful. I wish they showed them for all the sounds.
For anyone else obsessing over the difference between the regular, aspirated and 'tensed' consonants, the timestamps are 3:11, 3:19 and 3:36, followed by 10:06, 11:28, 12:07 and 13:29. (updated for added convenience).
Toby Mea you’re a legend thank you
11:28 *
Aspirated consonants devoice following vowel in Korean; tense consonants make the syllable faucalized and cause following vowels to gain stiff voice. S is not aspirated.
thank you for the reference
13:29
Video: There's pull, pull, and pull...
Me: Ummm, huh? *replays 50 times for the next week everyday*
😂😂
my ears says its bhull phull pull. h is superscript aspiration. sadly we dont use aspirated b in language so cannot relate or aspirated ph with ulll as a word.
This is one of the videos that ACTUALLY walks you through the KEY to knowing the difference: it's all in the voiced and aspiration. Since korean doesn't have voiced consonants (mostly) that helped me realize that I shouldn't be going for a sound let's say in between k and g and should only focus on the k sound. Then I just say the k sound but not strongly and don't pronounce it fully for the same effect and it sounds like it's in-between k and g. This is just my rationalization of how it clicked for me.
@1polyron1 OH MY GOD, YOU JUST EXPLAINED THIS PERFECTLY. I said it and when I made the correct sound I had to pinch myself and make sure I wasn't dreaming
@@kaylanstroke Thank you! This video made it click for me. The explanations I got from books and other resource never once said anything about voiced and spiration at least as clearly explained as in this video. Now you can actually LEARN korean. I hated not being able to distinguish between sounds. But come to find out there is a way through this method. Glad to help
as a native Korean speaker, it's quite shock to know that there are many rules about pronunciation.
To every native speaker its native language appears easy and intuitive. Well, because for them it is, because they already learned all the grammar in early infancy, when the brain has a special period that allows it to grasp and internalise all the patterns (grammar, pronuntiation) it perceives in the social envoronment (parents, friends, etc). When one learns formalized and articulated theories of language (formal grammar of its native language and specially foreing languages) from later infancy onwards, it is when people notice the truth of the complexity of human language.
I speak both Japanese and English so I thought this would be easy, but man this is hard as f#ck.
totally feel u :v
As someone learning Japanese and other languages... Korean reminds me of Japanese, but with alt-pronunciations.
Japanese pronunciation is waaaay easier for english speakers than korean's
I’m Korean and I’ve just learnt how complicated my mother tongue can be! Kudos to all !
힘내시길!
Gabriel, your video is not only helpful but also very professional. You must have taken some formal linguistic education training. And the native speaker Judy is also very good. Since you're speaking English very fast, there's something you could make a little easier for non-English speakers; say, in the comparison part of English and Korean minimal paired word examples, put a national flag (a visual aid) by each word, so that the audience can follow your instruction. I'm looking forward to learning more from the other 3 videos.
The IPA is SUPER helpful! I studied linguistics in college for a short time, so learning the placement of the tongue was a big help for me. I felt like just hearing other native speakers on RUclips wasn't enough for me to learn, personally; so thank you so much for taking the time to make this vid! 👌🏾😣
popo in German means butt, just something i think is funny
Nathaniel Brinkworth same lol
It means poop in spanish 😂
In portuguese it means butt too. 😅
in Turkish too 😂
Butt in romanian too
As an English speaker who’s learning Hangul and is constantly trying to find ways to better associate Hangul to what I’m familiar with in English, in an attempt to make it easier, efficient and faster to learn Hangul. This. This is everything!!! This is a gold mine 🎉 Thank you for this!
The pleasure is ours!!!
THANK YOUUUUU!!!!! I have to disagree with some of the comments below. Although this was a pretty quick video, it helped me so much! I had such a hard time figuring out the difference when hearing certain consonants, but now I can actually hear it and pronounce it. I feel sort of silly now, because it is actually easier than I thought! Mind you, I am an absolute beginner as well, but this video was everything I needed. I will be sticking around for the next three videos. 감사합니다!!
Yeah I'm in the other boat. I'm just now starting to look into Korean, and I can't distinguish any differences between all of the sounds, especially the variants, sometimes the english korean comparisons.
Listen for the vowels. The preceding consonant affects voicing.
Me tooo...... I'm also waiting for other 3 parts.... 😁
I'm watching all these vids hoping I can memorizing them all lmao rip
euovenia same...
Have you succeed?
When I first learned that foreigners have a hard time distinguishing those three sounds, i was kinda surprised. Now I understand why.
This is probably the best video to help with Korean pronunciation I’ve found to this day. Most videos I watched just give you the consonants except they don’t explain the difference and then you end up being confused because you can’t hear the difference and you just end up being stuck at the same level. But this one gives very detailed explanations in how to pronounce them and gives example on how to recognize them
We’re so happy to hear that you found it helpful!
The explanation between voiced vs voiceless and aspirations MADE SO MUCH SENSE! I'm surprised a lesson of this quality is free, it's very helpful! I've been learning Korean for a while now, and I'm still confused, but now I know exactly what to do to make certain sounds. I wish I had found this video series when I first started, so I could get a firm foundation. Thank you so mouth for making this, it really helped and I really appreciate the effort put into it!
i've struggled to grasp the difference between the three sets of consonants for a while, but the way it's described in this video is incredibly helpful, thank you so much
You're very welcome! We're delighted to know that the video was useful to you 😊
One of the most useful videos about korean pronunciation! The explanation is very quick, clear and easy to understand.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your videos! Your fantastic teaching is helping me realize my dream of understanding the Korean language. It is becoming a more and more possible miracle rather than an impossible dream for me. English is my native language and I have always wished to be bilingual but know how difficult it is for me to understand and retain other languages (after learning and quickly forgetting 3 classes worth of spanish in school). Since I have a passion in particular for the Koran language, because I find it particularly beautiful, it has recently become a goal of mine to learn what I can and your videos are making that goal a reality for me. I can't thank you enough...thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. Wyner!!
I will forever be grateful for this video. After struggling for months to try and speak Korean just to communicate with my extended family, I was always falling short in the pronunciation department. This has helped soooo much. Thank you!!
I like that it's all very fast! There's no waste of time, and if you don't understand something you can just repeat it in the player. Also the summery at the end helped a lot! :)
So quick tip for any english and spanish speakers (bilinguals), who are trying to learn Korean . What i noticed tht is making it easier for me to learn the lax, aspirated and Tense characters is associating it with the letters and sounds we use normally (this probs sounds dumb but let me explain) for example when it comes to the lax T I’m associating it with the sound of the letter d, when it comes to the aspirated t I’m associating it with the sound that the letter T does in the English language, and when it comes to the tense T I’m associating it with the sound that the T makes in spanish.
hey, i have been trying to do that exact same thing with all of the letters, but im having a really hard time. do you think you could message me with some more examples?
I like this significantly better than all those other videos that say stuff like "when you say this one just say it with more ENERGY" or something else vague like that
Probably one of, if not the best resource on these sounds I've ever found
I dont get why people don't see this channel, like......this is everything you need !!!
thankyou so much!!! have a good day!
this was a very helpful video you really helped me with the pronunciation for a lot of words
Perfect! very informative and I remembered the characters so easily. Was able to read words faster
Thank you! Finally, the info I have been looking for. I have listened to a lot of Korean on television (with subtitles) but have not broken through to speaking, partly because I was certain there were many sounds I simply was not hearing plus total ignorance (only guesses) regarding tongue placement and mouth shape. I did not want to practice mistakes if there was a way to diminish the number of them. I knew about phonetic descriptions but was unable to locate any instruction with drawings, which are soooooo helpful. Am looking forward to starting with your fine videos and going from there. Aspiration. Changes everything.
I wouldn't have paid for the Korean short course if I had discovered this video earlier!!😐😑 I started last week!!! This was way more helpful than those classes; my instructor said that it's not possible to perfectly pronounce other languages than your own(!!!!!). So that made me loose my motivation but thanks to you I feel much better now!!!Thanks a lot!😀
thank you for this video..it makes it easier to understand the different sounds of the hangeul consonants and vowels
THANK YOU so much for this video oh my gosh I feel like i finally understand the differences between the sounds now! I could not understand what was the difference between these sounds before but I know actually can tell the difference! Thanks again!
Great video. I've read about this from many sources but none were so indepth and accurate as this. You move at a great pace for a video, I guess some people don't know how to focus or use the pause button for replay.
Also worth noting my native Korean teacher gave me this video for study!
This is the video I've been looking for. THANK YOU!
Hats off, it covered all the misconception and misleading information and a huge help by Simplifying in-depth science.
I don't know if you still read these but these are so helpful ! It's a bit fast so I often go back, but honestly this is really good. Great Job!
Thank you for the compliment, Benny!
Thank you so much!!! It's a perfect tutorial! You've helped me in a lot of things. I was looking for a video with real linguistic explanation! 😍😍
Okay, it’s now 2021 and I know this video was from a long time ago, but man I just have to say it was such a big help
Huge clarification for this continuum of sounds. Thanks!
Very clear explanation, thank you.
ahh the difference between ㅈ ㅊ and ㅉ is so subtle! especially since each verb example means something completely different. must be tricky for non natives if they pronounce it a little different at first
Thank you for this video. I've only recently begun trying to learn Korean. As an SLP, relating Hangul to IPA has been very effective for me. I'm doing well with decoding and pronunciation. Now, I just have to worry about comprehension.
I watched a Korean pronunciation video before this one. And they said these consonants differently. Now I'm confused.
shellyshelly71 which video was that? The pronunciation in this video is correct.
Same. A girl said that one is pronunced like "g" and then here's "k", Idfk anymore lmao🙂🔫
@@hitmanbangshat2885 its like a combination of g and k
Omg! The best video I've ever found!
Thanks a lot.
i didn't think hangul would be so complicated
Don't give up, this video was just very...complicated but hangul is pretty easy. I used these 2 videos to learn it ruclips.net/p/PLDE4E02F3E969D213
ruclips.net/video/TE4eplsFSms/видео.html
Hwaiting!! ~
Nop it's just this video is making it too much complicated!
Once you learn the IPA and allophones it's really easy!
Anna Daszkiewicz IPA is so hard when we had a test on IPA i got F.
IPA isn't as scary as it seems, really, I recommend learning the place and the manner of articulation and practicing the sounds that don't occur in your native language
very informative and helpful 💕
gosh your just the best I can see clear know. my korean has improved.thx😃😃
Awesome video! Thank you.
This is exactly what I was looking for, I've been struggling with the pronunciation since the start. Your explanations and examples are really good (also I like the speed, I get super bored with slow and long videos).
Thank so much for making this, really THANK YOU!!!! (and Judy too)
Lol it's 4 years later.. did you became fluent?
I love how they used 고기, as an example for ㄱ [k/g] kogi. It's the same letter pronounced differently.
Thank you!!! I've learned French for two years and never figured out the difference between /b/ and (unaspirated) /p/. Never thought I would know it by learning Hangul..
We are glad the video was of help to you!
Wow I learned so much from this video
this is so easy! my mother tongue is spanish so the pronunciation is so easy!
5:25 starts consonant voicing (this is for me)
No this is for me
Very very informative video, up until now I didn't know the difference between ㅂ ㅍ and ㅃ
I benefited a lot from you, thank you, Mister. I follow all the videos, do not forget the translation in Arabic, peace
I am yet to see a none native speaker of the Korean language, that is someone who picked up the language after puberty hit, to pronounce ㅉ, ㄸ, ㅃ perfectly. I am by no means trying to discourage you; I am only explaining how difficult it can be to pronounce those sounds. And yet this video seems to make that very easy. I was toying with the idea of making a video like this, but now I don't see why I should. This is by far the greatest Korean 101 ever.
this is so informative, thank you so much (though now I look crazy because I'm by myself just making sounds 👀)
this is exactly what i needed, thank you so much!
So happy to help! 🙌
Great video and very helpful diagrams and explanation on accurate pronunciation and sound distinctions. But it would have been very helpful if you included, somewhere in the video, a list like 3:41 but comprehensive of all the Korean alphabets, consonants and vowels, along with their IPAs. This way new learners like me won't have to go back and forth searching through the three videos covering all the Korean alphabets for how to read if we forgot the Hangul.
But I gave you a like anyway :)
Man you are mind blowing....
Carry on... 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you so much!!
This video was really helpful for the first 3, but I kinda remained the same with ㅅ ㅈ and ㅊ :')
I meant ㅉ instead of ㅅ
9:45 I was wondering if the tensing of the neck could perhaps be clarified a bit more. While I can definitely hear the differences between the 3 versions of the consonants, for the most part anyway, I am unsure of what the tensing of the neck refers to. It may just be something I do no notice myself do when I try to mimic the sounds, like voicing and aspiration were prior to watching this video, but I don't feel any tensing of the neck when I say the tense p or try to pronounce popo.
이성민 I think the major distinguishing features for tense consonants are faucalization and the following vowel becoming glottalized. It’s actually lower pitched, contrary to what the video says.
For aspirated consonants, the following vowel is a little slack.
Take this with a grain of salt; I got it from an old paper by Ladefoged and others.
Thank u for using IPA, it was the video that I was looking for
Hi Shani! You're quite welcome. Glad this was what you needed. 😊
this helped out alot i was so stuck at how you pronounce it
are these the only hard things of hangul?
Thank you so much.
And thank you for all your support!
Great video!
This has been the only thing that clicked with me, thanks!
Happy to help! 😀
Best absolute video
We're glad to hear you're enjoying the video!
thank you for this!
So would it be OK to think of the double consonants as a hidden accent or tone system in Korean? Mandarin Chinese has the fourth tone which is a strong high to low pitch sound, like yelling "No!" to someone. Japanese has intonation which is quite a lot like the fourth tone of Mandarin when moving from high to low pitch.
This reminds me quite a lot of the pitch aspect of the double consonants.
I was thinking the same thing. I don't hear that big of a difference in the aspiration as much as I do the tone or the volume in which each one variation is spoken.
Its been 5 years so idk if anyone is going to see this, but I have my own explanation as a native speaker.
The first two versions (eg. ㅂ/ㅍ ㄱ/ㅋ) are basically the same sound when placed in the beginning of a word, except the first one has a flat intonation while the second one has a falling intonation. This is different from chinese tone because its on the consonant, not the vowel. The third sound is unvoiced and unaspirated, just like spanish p/c/t
This is so in depth
We hope it helped :)
This is good it help me a lot thanks ;]
Helped so much
Thank you!
so lax is weakly aspirated (maybe?), aspirated is strongly aspirated, and tense is unaspirated?
closest in
매우 감사합니다!
Just watch the video a lot and it will make sense.
thx lol
omfg thank you so much, i cannot express how much this has helped
not sure if this will help others, but if you are familiar with Chinese PinYin, the last set of consonants ("ch" equivalent) sound like "q", "ch" (with a bit more breath), and "j" respectively
5:55 It’s late, and so I’m over here trying to silently make the “zzz” and “sss” sounds without waking anyone up... and I realized there’s no difference. 😳 I’m over here THINKING Z and S, but it’s all coming out “ssss” since I’m doing it silently! It’s obvious now, but it felt a little weird at first, and definitely made me grasp the voicing concept! 😆 Anyway, back to the video...
At this point I'm relying on the fact that I'm naturally billingual to maybe make this easier...maybe. Hopes up.
Jks aside. Thank you for the video!!! It was really helpful!!!
im only doing this because i heard that korean would be easy because my first language is similar in pronounciation 😭
I think that the lax consonnants and the unaspirated ones are voiced ! So "spirit" sounds more like [giiii] and "artist talent" like [gi] more brief. Only the aspirated sounds are unvoiced "height" [kiii] . And same pattern with the other sounds. 12:05
Thanks so much for the feedback! We’ll have look and review this. :)
11:35
"First we have lax k"
Pronunciation: "Geu as in Gogi"
Me: O_O
Good video explained alot more than many others.
I think IPA just threw most people off at first. I know it got me at first
This helped so much! I love phonetics 😍😍
We're happy to hear you found this video helpful! We share your love for phonetics 💚
Ok so whenever I translate words from korean in english or the other way around, it gives me a completely different translation and it doesn’t match with the translation in the video.
thank you for study Korean!!! - from korean
I finally understand the difference now I just have to practice more
Hangeul is very similar to a much older script, which is Hebrew. The difference is that Hebrew is not grouped in syllables, and the vowels are optional additions.
Didn't expect to come all this way just to find the good old cup from the blender tutorials
Voicing and aspiration - I know what those mean - you have to voice your oppinions and stick to your aspirations!
As a Linguistics student I'm having a blast and a very hard time
Thank you very much for this video! Could you please clarify, in Korean [p] and [ph] are allophones or separate phonemes? Thank you in advance
Some of these sounds sound similar to Japanese so some of the sounds come easier to me than others. Japanese also has tonal changes too. The pronunciation will be a hurdle for sure
wikipedia: denasalized nasal consonants in initial position
nani dafuq?
also, a lot of native english don't actually voice stops in onset, the distinction is aspiration rather than voicing
I have a korean fiance, I live in Korea, I've been studying for 1 year on/off and still I can't learn how to pronounce most of these even if I can tell the difference when I listen. Comparing to English doesn't help me at all.
I am almost breaking up with my boyfriend because I can never be happy talking a language that basically no one (not even he, who loves me) can understand anything I'm saying. How to ever even try if I will come to a day where maybe our children and everyone around is talking to each other and I can't possibly inside all that conversation? It hurts enough when the person I love the most don't get it and feels guilty because he doesn't understand my accent....
It's all so bad my native language is not English, and my second language is Japanese. I could not have a worse kind of "pronunciation" baggage.
I'm tired of all this.
I know this comment is 5 years old, but I hope you're doing alright
dont know if it is right, but thought it might help: the third/tense consonants sound like spanish consonants.
Your video is great and very helpful, but I'm still having a hard time. What should I do?
Hi well well, The next step after the videos is to do a lot of minimal pair testing so that the sounds don't feel so foreign. Have you already tried our Korean pronunciation trainer?