Understanding Korean Pronunciation
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2019
- Korean-learners can hear the same Korean pronunciation differently largely depends on what language you are getting used to. Here's why. (Includes why 가 can be sounds as "ga" and "ka", and 가 카 까, 다 타 따, 바 파 빠, 자 차 짜 differences)
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35:00 I was so mindblown when I saw that! Because yes I got it right but I think that if I wasn't paying attention I would think it was 다.
It's just shocking to know that it was the same recording and that the difference is just that one is without the voicing part 🤯
I was wondering about that, and that's why I wanted the viewers to compare how they sound like. Thank you very much for your comment. It can tell one of the reason why when Koreans say "ne" sometimes it sounds like "de" to some foreigners.
@@ConversationalKorean I should be the one thanking you for taking time to explain us such difficult questions (that mostly stays unanswered) and also for taking the time to answer all of your comments 😊 Thank you so much 🥰
By the way, this is the first video of you that I watched and I immediately subscribed, 화이팅 💪🏼😋
I just stumbled to this online content that I'm very sure will help me prepare for my TOPIK 1 this July and hope to gain admission into one of their university's KOREAN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE. I love everything Korean and what it represents. Koreans are the people of today and the future.❤ Korean!
Please never delete these videos, so good for focusing at details 😍
Don't worry about that. Thanks!
I started to learn korean on my own today, and I was so confused how vowels and consonants sound, fortunately I found your video and it is soooo helpful, thank you so much
You're welcome, Yulle! I'm glad it is helpful!
Hello. How's you're Korean after 2 years :)
When you started explaining voiced consonants I was shocked. Never heard anyone explaining it so thoroughly and at the same time simply. Very useful video!!
Btw, group C - Russian - about a year of lazy studying :D
Thank you! I'm glad it is useful! Spassiba!
Conversational Korean 😍☺️
VOICED RECORDING TIMESTAMPS
29:40
Ga, 가, 카, 까
49:42
나, Da, 다, 타, 따,
57:55
마, Ba, 바, 파, 빠
1:14:08
Ja, 자, 차, 짜
Also here's another resource to help test ur hearing of these consonants (and other similar ones) :)
ruclips.net/video/Gg-VZxBIZjo/видео.html
thank you
13:32 "most korean don't even recognize it"
Yes that's true! I asked my korean friend (exchange student in 2014) in my university why does 누나 sounded like 두나 sometimes... and he doesn't know what I'm talking about, he said it's just noona noona and not "d"oona.. he can't recognize it so I just stopped asking ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I feel like I see the whole conversation in front of me - I can imagine that :)
First of all, I've just found your channel and I was very impressed! (Native English speaker that's been studying for about a year) I will watch more! I just wanted to ask this about the matter here, I am very curious to find out if the difference between ㄴ,ㄷ ie. 네 sounding like 데, could it possibly be something related to nasal, more the nose than the mouth? We can definitely tell the difference in English if someone talks "through their nose" or sings, if someone is sick because the nose gets plugged up. I know it doesn't happen all of the time, but maybe if one is in the middle of taking in a breath or exhaling thru the nose, maybe even swallowing? Could that be a reason it sounds different sometimes?
Lol. I forgot to add that I was group B.
Today's lesson was very useful when it comes to the difference between tricky pronunciations like 나,다,타,따 and whatnot. Thank you.
You're welcome. I'm glad it was helpful!
I'm group B, from Germany and I've been 'studying' Korean for over a year but since I don't have much time I sometimes study 4 days in a week and then don't study for 2 months 😅 so I didn't study much in total
Thank you for your comment, Lilium!
I didn’t get the live stream either but just had to say thank you! I’m so grateful for your explanations. Keep going!
You're welcome, Janeway, and thank you!
Finally! Someone explained it phonetically ! This is gold👍
Thank you!
I am group C. My primary language is bulgarian and I've studied korean for 2 years, but I'm still a beginner. I have so much to learn and practice. Thank you for your long and amazing lessons. It's exactly what I need =)
You're welcome, Milena! I'm glad this one is helpful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to teach us Korean pronunciation! I recently discovered this channel through an article recommendation and this channel has been super helpful and I am very grateful! You are very patient and great at teaching and I can tell that you really enjoy it. :)
group A, I speak natively german and been studying korean for over half a year now!
Thank you for your comment!
Dude this video is SO COOL! The detailed extent to which you discuss the very fine details is awesome, this is what helps me maintain motivation and interest in mastering pronunciation.
Thank you so much! This is the first time that I heard the differences in sounds among those consonants that I thought sounded the same when I was starting to learn Korean alphabet. I just started last month.
You are a great teacher! More power!
I stumbled upon this video and got myself listening to it for more than an hour!! It was indeed so helpful!! I'm learning Korean language since 5 months now but the pronunciation is always difficult! I'm gonna share it on all of my social media..thank you again for making this video! I hope to join your next live!!
I'm so thankful I found your channel! I'm from Russia and I learn Korean for almost 7 months but still your videos helps me a lot! Thank you for everything you do, it's really useful! 🙏♥️
Wow. This is a fantastic video. You have explained the pronunciations so clearly and in so much detail that I understand it so much better. The use of the yellow dot to compare the sounds is genius!! I've been asking native Korean speakers about 나 sounding like a 'd' for so long and they didn't seem to understand. So glad I discovered your channel. I look forward to watching and learning more. Thanks so much for your work.
You are amazing thank you for spending so much time and work helping us! 💜
You're welcome, Raquel! It's my pleasure 🙂
제 한국어 공책에 필기하고 있어요! 정말 감사합니다!!! This is absolutely BRILLIANT!!!!
1:08:13 If you're having trouble hearing the difference, listen for the following:
자 _ja_ or _cha_ (for English speakers)
차 _cha_ with a puff of air
짜 _jja_ tension in the consonant
All the double consonants (except for ㅆ) have that tension.
When Homer Simpson of _The Simpsons_ says "D'oh!" he doesn't say a simple _d_ - it's much more like a tensed ㄸ. And if you make the sound of a trombone or a trumpet with a "ba ba ba," it's more like a tensed ㅃ sound than a simple _b._
Hope that helps! ;-)
Thank you, Jeff. It also helps me sort of learning how to explain things as well! And again, it's great to see you again!
@@ConversationalKorean It 's good to see you again, too, *Suntae* ! I always appreciate your videos (and your very good-natured personality, too)!
Honestly, those graphics (with the _g_ and the _k_ and so on) are _exactly_ the way I picture it. English speakers and Korean speakers draw their boundaries at different places, based on different things (voiced/unvoiced vs. unaspirated/aspirated). You did a *great, great* job!
Thank you, Jeff!
I'm only at 10:55 but I'm learning a lot! This is new to me out of some korean lessons I had ( i've been exposed and learning korean since 2010, bit by bit learning coz I was busy in school that time) but after school and in 2018 I've decided to pay a lot more attention to learning the language and I've decided to learn on this channel and another one in youtube~ sonsaengnim~ please never get tired of teaching us~^^ thank you so much~!
He is so good at making things simple 😎
You're welcome, Ley. I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Thank you!
ONE OF THE BEST KOREAN TEACHER ON RUclips, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I CAN SEE HIS FACE. LOVE ALL UR CLASSES .
Thank you for your comment, Claudio!
I would like to say thank you for making this it helps a lot and thank you for going slow and answering questions
You're welcome!
Keep up the good work! This channel is the best! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you, Angela!
please still teaching forever, you're the best teacher, I love learning with your videos that's what I was searching for
Happy to hear that!
This is what I need!! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. I can now read and write Korean but I still struggle with the double consonant pronunciation. Thank you! New subscriber here! ^^
You're welcome, and welcome to my channel!
extremely helpful, love the detailed explanation!
Thank you!
group B my first language is spanish/arabic (i grew up speaking both) and i've been studying korean for a week now! i'm so glad i found your youtube channel, you explain everything so thoroughly! thank you for your hard work
You're welcome, and thank you for your comment, Melek!
Thanks a lot for your explanation! 선생님 감사합니다
This was so helpful, thank you so so much!
You're welcome, Jae!
this interactive type of live is so helpful. 잘 이해했습니다, 고맙습니다 선생님.
저도 고마워요!
Great work. Also: a summarization of this video would be super helpful!
Thanks. I'll consider about that.
Thank you for your hard work on this video. I'm in my second week learning Korean and the vocals are difficult but I want to get them right from the start. Listening to stuff like this, seeing the picture of the mouth/tongue and the audio file is amazing!. I'm was in Group B btw and I speak english as a first language
와우 퀄리티가 대단하십니다!!😊😊
칭찬 감사합니다!
OMG! This is very helpful! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
I really like the way you are teaching. Thank You!
You're welcome!
Today is my 1 year already learning korean and I'm so thankful that I found this channel....🤧thanks seonsaengnim...
Wow! I’m so happy to find your explanations ! They are perfect! Thank you so much! Now I do hear! When I demonstrate the sound to my husband he doesnt see the difference, but I do!
Subscribed.. i love your channel. Ive learned alot regarding korean pronunciation.
Again missed it 😅..thank you for your videos
You're welcome, Nawel!
I'm so glad I found this, it's so useful, especially since I've been using apps like Duolingo, which I haven't found very good concerning pronunciation. I also enjoy actually understanding why they sound as they do, it's super helpful and interesting!
I can hear the differences highlighted when you say them, but it's difficult for me to replicate it perfectly haha, I'll keep practicing though!
감사합니다 😊
잘 때 틀어 놓고 자면 잠 잘 와요~ 목소리 좋아요 샘!
Wow these are fantastic. Thank you so much!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much for this video, it really helps a lot! Thank you for the effort! I'm a new subscriber! 😊😊👏👍
You're welcome! And welcome to my channel! Thanks!
You were in my recommendations and I found this! I’ve been looking for a video like this for a long time. I’ve been studying Korean for a month now. Thank you so much for this!! ❤️ I’m in Group B btw and I’m from the Philippines 🇵🇭
very informative indeed!! thank you so much now i feel like i can take my korean pronunciation to the next level!!!
You're welcome, Hyo Kij!
Group B, 16 years,
새해 첫날부터 한국어 강의를 듣는 한국어 원어민입니다ㅋㅋㅋ
제가 평소에 생각해왔던거랑 같네요!
n ㄴ d ㄷ ㅌ ㄸ의 차이 등등을 설명하시면서 막대그래프와 파형 그래프를 보여주시는 게 특히 인상깊었습니다.
This video is gold thanks you so much
감사합니다 this was very helpful I always wondered when ㄱ sounded more like g or k and also all the consonants that can sound aspirated.
I am happy to find this channel! I am a Complete beginner, learning by myself . I am Mexican . My Native language Spanish , my second language English.
thank you so much seonsaengnim! it was so useful
This was very helpful! After watching it I can tell my pronunciation did improve
I'm glad it was helpful, deluely!
Hello Teacher, this is the first time I watch this lesson. In my point of view, this is an important lesson. And your explanation is very clear. Thank you
Group C, English is my primary language, and I just started trying to learn Korean seriously about a month ago. Thank you for this video. It will be referenced a lot since pronunciation is going to be my biggest hurdle.
Thank you for your comment. I'm glad this video helps understanding Korean pronunciation.
thank you for your hard work
You're welcome, katou!
선생님의 목소리가 너무 멋있습니다 !!
고마워요!
Your voice is so sweet ❤
Thanks, Binnie :)
Group C
Hungarian
About 1 year
...and thank you for this kind of video!
You're welcome, and thank you for your comment!
감사드립니다 🌸
Waaaah I can’t believe I missed yesterday’s livestream!!
Aww, next time, Arnee.
Uau! Muito obrigada pela aula! Estou aprendendo muito! 👏🏼
I'm just starting to learn Korean and this was really useful!! I still find it difficult to hear the differences between [ㅂㅍ, ㄷㅌ, ㄱㅋ, etc.] but I now know that I need to be careful if it comes at the beginning or middle of the word, and whether or not it's voiced doesn't matter.
For me I speak english but I have some experience with Thai so all of the [ㅃ, ㄸ, ㅉ, etc.] is easy to hear, and I can hear tone difference (but I know many english people don't understand tone difference - because their brain automatically interprets tones as emotion/emphasis)
Thankyou!!
REALLY HELPFULLLLL THANKYOUU
You're welcome, Steven!
I've discovered your channel NOW , It is like a gift so can you tell me when you posted your lessons?
This is what I needed.
Thank you so much!!!!
선생님 잘 가르쳐줘서 정말 감사합니다
뭘요, 저도 고맙습니다!
This has been very helpful. I try remember the pronunciation through Hangul ( since Hangul represents the way we use our mouth.) Thanks
Super interesting, thank you! 😄
I missed this!
I'm group A, french native but learning Korean with English base lessons & really learning it since 2 weeks I will say !
Merci, Camille!
شكرا جزيلا❤
너무 고마워요❤
저도 고마워요 🙂
You asked about C and K and I have an answer for you :) K is always a K sound but C can have both K and S sound, like Consert or Center.
I have studied Korean for like 10 months now so I feel like I have a grasp of these already but I really love hearing your teaching so I still really love watching these lessons! I also feel like it's always a great idea to hear as many teachers as possible because everyone will teach you something new. :)
Hey here's something you might find pretty cool! In Sweden we have the same alphabet as English plus 3 letters, å, ä and ö. The å sounds pretty much exactly like 어 and ä sounds pretty much exactly like 에/애 :) I can never explain how they sound to English speakers but it made me so happy when I discovered this similarity! I moved to America almost 7 years ago so every time I find cultural or language similarities between Sweden and Korea I feel warm and fuzzy inside. ❤ It helps homesickness a bit in a strange way. A few cultural similarities are that both don't wear shoes indoors, both are basically introverted and raised to not be a public disturbance so people are more likely to stare than disturb, and both have a pretty big alcohol culture. America has a pretty big beer culture especially combined with sport events but it is still quite different since they don't often drink socially the same way or don't really buy harder liquor unless there's a drinking problem while Sweden (all the Scandinavian countries really) and Korea can enjoy stronger drinking to food in a casual way so I feel like Americans don't have the same tolerance. (I don't drink but it is still an observation). USA definitely is extroverted where people are raised to be self proud and stand their ground and speak their mind and I tend to compare it like, imagine a car accident and in the US both might start blaming the other person and yell at eachother aggressively but in Sweden both are quite likely to apologize and kindly and calmly cooperate since neither wants to make the other person upset. Oh and another similarity is that both Korea and Sweden that America doesn't have.. is great public transportation! I miss being able to just jump on a bus and not rely on owning a car. And both are terrible with taking compliments it seems? I am less sure about this observation but it seems like a lot of Koreans prefer to disagree over thank you but like any place I guess it's a matter of personality probably. :)
To be related to this video here's something kind of fun from the first like month of diving into Korean... your word for yes sounds like nä which is how Swedes say nah/no so it was a strange challenge to get my brain to connect what sounded like no to me and connect it with a head nod instead of a headshake. I hear the difference way more strongly now so now it is easy but that is a fun memory now! This became such a long reply, sorry for that! I hope it was worth the read. :) I love finding differences and similarities!
Wow, such a long read, but I enjoyed the whole reading! I agree that it's better to have explanations from many teachers. And oh, there's an 어 sound in Swedish, I didn't know that, and I didn't know you take the shoes off indoors in Sweden, cool! About the car accident part, I'm not sure that most Koreans will kindly apologize to each other, though. And yeah, public transportation access is really nice in South Korea, and it's good to know that so is in Sweden! And saying yes with 네 must have been real challenge for you :)
thank you very nice mr!!!!
You are welcome, Nopayo!
hi! im a beginner and i find your videos interesting.. you were explaining it very well..
Thank you. I hope you enjoy your learning!
I couldn't join the live streaming. Bt, thank God, you save the video. It helps a lot.👍 Do you have plan to change the time? During weekdays maybe(?). 감사합니다
Thank you, Sorta! I did a live streaming on a weekday once, but it was so busy with preparing for the session partly because I have some other jobs (several couple-of-hours-a-week jobs). I may do it more often when I can prepare for live streaming faster, but currently, I do the streaming just once a week.
I think there can be a psychological difference between the the letter "c" and the letter "k" in English. Supposedly they are pronounced the same to native English speakers; however, I think there may be a subtle difference. I'm going to use words starting with a recognised correct starting letter and then using the incorrect alternative for the purposes of this experiement and I think you'll instinctively (without necessarily knowing that you're doing it) have a more plosive sound on the "k" and a more subtle or softer onset for the "c". Of course the differences will not be especially obvious, hence why I feel that it is more psychological.
I'll put the proper English spelling first, then the alternative afterwards and I suggest that you say them out loud and see if you pronounce them differently instinctively or otherwise.
It's interesting to note that in the English language there are 6 plosives, these being: p, t, k, b, d, g. They fall into 3 distinct categories "p" and "b" are bilabial (lips are pressed together); "t" and "d" are "alveolar" (tongue is pressed against the alveolar ridge); and "k" and "g" are velar (the back of the tongue is pressed against the soft palate). The letter "c" isn't listed as a plosive, but it always has gone against the grain (metaphorically speaking) and some people argue why it even exists at all, when the letters "k" and "s" exist.
carrot vs. karrot
catch vs. katch
clap vs. klap
crayon vs. krayon
crime vs. krime
keyboard vs. ceyboard
king vs. cing
koala vs. coala
Obviously, people are entitled to have their own opinions on this.
When comparing the c/k argument with the debate over whether or not the Korean consonant "ㄱ" is pronounced differently depending on it's position in the word; again this is probably psychological and also to do with the amount of air that is being projected on the onset of the syllable. Using 만고 (mango) as an example, there is no aspiration for the "go" part in English because "g" is a voiced velar plosive, the manner of articulation will be occlusive (meaning that the tongue will obstructing the airflow entirely, thereby generating a temporary build up of pressure), hence why when the tongue is removed from the palate, voicing emanates as a result. I would cautiously argue that it is the same for "고" in Korean, hence why it sounds like "go".
Really hepfull video,간사합니다 .
You're welcome, margarita!
OMG I've asked myself who is the one who makes these simple Korean lessons you're a good person n definitely a teacher hope you the best of the best teacher its even the same English accent in the cartoons in this channel =-O B-)
Thank you allah.
@@ConversationalKorean there is no need for thanks its ur own hard work we all have to thank u sir n I know many ppl who will like learn Korean in telegram so I will tell them bout ur channel n go billy go channel best what can I do to thank u is to support u I hope I'll do sth good n Allah isn't my name its name of god 😅😅
고생했어요. 고맙습니다
저도 고마워요, Clairine!
Really helpful
Thank you very good job.
You're welcome, tina! Thank you!
It took me very long to realize what the 가 카 까 sounds (and the other similar ones) actually are. It confused me a lot :D
Yeah, I can understand how hard it is!
It's my first week with Korean. My first language is English (NZ) and I'm a relatively competent speaker of Japanese. This video is extremely helpful.
56min in, I have a theory about why is might be that English speakers perceive the Japanese かく as being like "kaku" but the Korean 가구 as being like "kagu." When I say かく in Japanese, I can feel my throat closing to stop the preceding vowel sound. In fact it does when I pronounce all the か行 sounds, those perceived by English speakers to sound like "k." However in Korean it sounds like with ㄱ the way the sound is produced is very different to k in English or か行 sounds in Japanese so it doesn't stop the voicing from previous sounds and we hear it as a g, even though native speakers of Korean can hear correctly what it being enunciated. A bit like how in the さ行 sounds in Japanese, sa shi su se so, shi seems to stand out as an exception but it actually isn't particularly different in pronunciation to the others. So if I want to hear and produce ㄱ correctly in Korean, I should be aware that it doesn't stop previous voicing by closing the throat. Does this sound reasonable?
I'm sorry because in Spain it's different time..now it's sunday ,and i thought live stream will be tonight.Anyway great video about pronunciation...very important a main point to understand Korean.
No worries, I understand that, margarita. And thank you for your comment.
I'm in Group 2. Studying Korean almost a year now. Today is July 29, 2022. Started September 2021.
So helpful thank you
You're welcome, shaden!
thanks for this i can now slightly hear the difference :)
I was group B, except I heard 토 instead of 도. My native language is English, and I've been learning Korean a little over a year. Thanks for the helpful video!
You're welcome!
너무 감사합니다 선생님 🙏
P.S. I belong to Group C, Filipino is my first language, I started learning Korean last year in class for beginners BUT it's still hard for me because of inconsistency
P.P.S. this is the first video of yours that I've watched and I immediately subscribed thanks to RUclips recommendation I found you Teacher Kim and I will watch more of your videos in the future
Thank you! I hope you enjoy your learning!
@@ConversationalKorean Waaah you replied! I hope more people will discover and appreciate your work Teacher Kim!
even if I'm in late, I m group B, I m from Italy and I ve started korean 10 days ago. Thank you for
such an useful video :)
Hey, *Suntae* ! Sorry I missed the live stream but it's _great_ to have you back! You covered this a little in that old "가게" video but this video is a lot more sophisticated. The graphics on the lower right are *brilliant,* really.
I guess I'd say that English speakers make distinctions between _voiced_ and _unvoiced_ consonants and Korean speakers make a distinction between _unaspirated_ and _aspirated_ consonants.
As a native English speaker, something like 자 _can_ sound like _cha_ in English but I'm used to how Korean phonology works by now so I don't confuse it with 차 (I placed all the sounds in Group B ☺️)-there just isn't enough aspiration (that puff of air).
As I said years ago, those differences that you couldn't hear years ago are _allophones_ - they're the sounds that native speakers _can't_ hear (without it being pointed out) but non-native speakers can. (English speakers _do_ distinguish unconsciously between aspirated and unaspirated sounds-the _t_ sounds in _top_ and _stop_ are different, actually (the first _t_ is aspirated, the second _t_ isn't)-but they don't know they're doing so, just like Koreans have different ㄱ sounds in 가게 but don't know they're doing so.)
And I'm not sure about the voicing/unvoicing thing with 나. I think it's more about nasalization-like the 나 is denasalised (like your nose is stuffed up) and it sounds a bit more like _da._ (I think even generally ㄴ in Korean is more denasalized than _n_ in English.)
And with the double-consonants, it seems like there's more "tension" in the consonant. It takes a bit of time to hear it (for English speakers) but, once you get it, it's hard to miss.
All of my thoughts put into your comment! Really insightful and great. I got group B as well, I’ve been studying for a couple of years now, and I know for a fact I probably would have been group A when I first started. I had such a hard time with aspirated consonants, they all sounded aspirated to me, especially at the beginning of a word. It comes naturally with time if you’re not into linguistics, but as soon as I started getting into linguistics it clicked for me.
@@MiuXiu Thank you! That's a really nice comment! ☺️
Hey, Jeff! It's great to see you again! You're exactly right on how to differentiate 자 and 차: just a little aspiration vs enough aspiration. Thanks for explaining in your own words, I think your insightful comment will help a lot of viewers!
@@ConversationalKorean Yeah, now that I think about it, I think I'd say to other English-speaking learners 자 _does_ sound like _cha_ sometimes but 차 *_isn't_* _"cha"_ - it's _always_ _cha_ with that puff of air-that's what distinguishes it for native speakers - _and_ it's also what that little horizontal stroke _means_ (also in ㅋ, ㅌ and ㅍ). The brilliant Korean scholars of the mid-15th century (or maybe King Sejong himself) knew _exactly_ what they were doing.
Yeah, exactly! It's packed with innovative ideas the way 한글 is designed which is truly amazing!.
here after 1 year!! late but really helpful.
superb content
Thank you. Shukran.
What an amazing video, it helped me a lot. It is very difficult for those who speak Portuguese, because the language does not obey. is a challenge.
Thank you, Pamela! I'm glad it helped!
OMG the best video learning pronunciation, the illustration is SO helpful!!!
Thanks for your comment, Sheng! 🙂
You re great continue
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حقا حقا لقد ساعدتني كثيرا في التفريق بين الحروف ولقد اشتركت مباشرة في قناتك
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I have learnd about vocal and consonant hangeul but I still can't pronounce it, and now I want to learn again. And I hope your video will help me. Cause I see your video is really helpfully
Thank you! Pronunciation might be very difficult, but you can get it!