Difference Between 어 and 오 | Korean Pronunciation Practice

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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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    1. Why the vowels 어 and 오 can be confusing for beginners
    2. What the differences are and how you can practice
    3. Drills for distinguishing the two vowels
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Комментарии • 308

  • @daviddraper5627
    @daviddraper5627 5 лет назад +94

    the butt hole bit had me laughing out loud

  • @Eyes_On_America
    @Eyes_On_America 5 лет назад +144

    I used to mix 어 &오 a lot and I still have a feeling that at the end of the sentence Koreans don't always say -요😅

    • @YourKoreanSaem
      @YourKoreanSaem  5 лет назад +66

      You're right, the 요 tends to be pronounced as 여 a lot, and it's even written as 여 in texting too! ex) 안녕하세여

    • @user-hb4mk9xk5e
      @user-hb4mk9xk5e 4 года назад +6

      @@YourKoreanSaem huuuh that's so confusing to me ㅠㅠ I have a dictation in a few hours but I still can't hear it haha

    • @markchristianvillaflores7103
      @markchristianvillaflores7103 4 года назад +9

      @@YourKoreanSaem sorry to trouble you .. please also make a video about the difference between ㅓㅗㅜㅡ I have trouble to differentiate the sounds between these 4.. sometimes ㅜ sounds ㅗ and ㅗ sounds ㅓ. Same thing with ㅡ and ㅜ

    • @lilgreen12
      @lilgreen12 4 года назад +3

      Can someone please explain ㅕ to me. It's suppose to mean yeo but I often see it turn into yu. Take the rapper yumdda his name in Korean is 염따 shouldn't it be yeomddda. Isn't the symbol for yu ㅠ I seen more examples it always leaves me so confused.

    • @salalal7491
      @salalal7491 3 года назад +4

      Robert Ramirez just scrap romanizations. don’t trust them. ignore them. they are just confusing. ㅕ is ㅕ and not eo.

  • @DinO-zs7ou
    @DinO-zs7ou 5 лет назад +181

    5 minutes of language theory + pronounciation guide + listening practice? This is heaven!
    In spanish we also have monophthongs. Actually, I think spanish and korean phonologies are quite similar.
    Our problem is that the 어 sound doesn't exist in spanish so we tend to use 오 instead of 어
    One of my language exchange partners told me that sometimes I also commit this error. I plead guilty! hahaha
    Awesome video, as always

    • @Eyes_On_America
      @Eyes_On_America 5 лет назад +6

      Din O in Polish we have (almost) 어 but not 오, so I used to mix these sounds in the opposite way😛

    • @DinO-zs7ou
      @DinO-zs7ou 5 лет назад +4

      @@Eyes_On_America
      Haha that's curious

    • @jcvp2493
      @jcvp2493 4 года назад +6

      Trata de pronunciar la 어 como si aspiraras aire y la 오 como si soplaras .

    • @lolisapiensa3134
      @lolisapiensa3134 4 года назад +1

      exactamenteee!! me identifico completamente con lo que dijiste.

    • @1Ledith
      @1Ledith 2 года назад

      @@jcvp2493 esto me sirvió!! 고마워요

  • @kadenreed8603
    @kadenreed8603 5 лет назад +51

    Thanks so much for this video! I can tell 어 and 오 by themselves apart but have difficulty telling them apart in words. After watching this I realized I can always recognize 오 in a word but when I hear 어 I get confused whether it’s 어 or 오. Guess I just have to practice listening to it more.

  • @BahaariTV
    @BahaariTV Год назад +4

    The word you said (monophthong) is like music to my ears. Why? Because I'm a Korean teacher and have been FIGHTING for the right pronunciation of ㅓand have been telling my students and anyone else who was learning that there's absolutely NO trace of ㅗ while pronouncing ㅓ and got really rude feedbacks from other teachers (also non-native like myself) that I'm teaching it wrong and they insisted the correct pronunciation of ㅓ is between a (as in uh) and ㅗ (as in old)... -_- Yeah. The struggle's been real. I got to save a lot of students from making this mistake and now their native Korean friends praise them for their native-like pronunciation. Gotta use your video to enlighten the deaf brain cells of those who have been pronouncing Korean words wrong the whole time. It's thanks to romanization. I wish someone would step up and correct the damn system. Thanks for your informative video.

  • @djboo7779
    @djboo7779 4 года назад +9

    Different languages are so interesting. Bi or multilingual People absolutely astound me. It’s incredible to think that during their prime language development they were learning to make such different associations with objects and mouth sounds

  • @ripjaw6964
    @ripjaw6964 5 лет назад +45

    7:43 caught me off guard hahah

  • @Just__Jamieg33k
    @Just__Jamieg33k 4 года назад +15

    In German O, U, A, I etc are actually monophthongs it was confusing for me at the start when I learned English. Now - 20 years later and being fluent in English - it is a lot easier. I am sure that it'll become easier with Korean as well :) Romanisation confused me though, which is why I don't like it. With 어 being written as eo, I kept reading it as oe all the time which is the German Ö and sounds totally different haha

  • @birbiri4255
    @birbiri4255 4 года назад +19

    I can tell the difference when I hear it but I can’t make the sounds with my mouth 🥺

  • @stanexo
    @stanexo 5 лет назад +31

    this was really helpful!
    i think it's really sad that, even when my native language is spanish which has constant vowel sounds, i still pronounce korean as if it was english :c but i think this will help! thank you! ^^

  • @pauloroberto7875
    @pauloroberto7875 5 лет назад +42

    In português ( Brasil) we have accentuation to make this vowels Like. 오 “ o “ is o And 어 is ó. Same way you pronounced. Both pure vowels.

    • @Eyes_On_America
      @Eyes_On_America 5 лет назад +2

      Paulo Roberto I envy you😛

    • @nathsebong4599
      @nathsebong4599 4 года назад +6

      I love our amazing portuguese, it always helps me to learn new languages ❤

    • @footg6090
      @footg6090 2 года назад +1

      I am learning Portuguese and have never made this connection, I now feel enlightened

    • @isabellaferreiradesouza5731
      @isabellaferreiradesouza5731 2 года назад

      Mesmo com a acentuação dificuldade de acertar a diferença, as vezes eu confundia

    • @Ronaldo-rt7hl
      @Ronaldo-rt7hl 7 месяцев назад

      I was just thinking it sounded like a lyric of a funk song “no efeito dominó” by bonde das maravilhas I’m glad my assessment was correct

  • @Mitu_Dutt
    @Mitu_Dutt 5 лет назад +7

    In India, we speak 22 official languages in different parts of the country. I found Korean similar to Hindi language (1 of the 22 languages). That's why sounds produced by Korean letters sounds familiar and easier to learn. But, again every language though we found familiar yet they have their unique traits. And she is very good in explaining korean language. If one is learning any language by oneself, one has to do lot of research until one come across something good. And I think some of my researches leads to something good (you). Thank you for explaining and responding to our queries.

  • @amadexi
    @amadexi 2 года назад +1

    In french they have so many vowel sounds, it's scary. a (아), é (애), è/ai (에), i (이), eu (으), o (어), au (오), ou (우), u (between 으 and 우) and then nasal sounds: an, ain, on, un

  • @lexisshunter1807
    @lexisshunter1807 2 года назад

    this is so helpful thank yoU!

  • @pipnewton7720
    @pipnewton7720 Год назад

    so helpful! thank you so much!

  • @channelpolitica1364
    @channelpolitica1364 4 года назад +31

    ㅓ to me and to many sounds like the ‘aw’ as in when you say “ *aw* that cat is so cute!”
    Other examples include:
    The o in doll
    The o in long
    The o in wrong
    As for the ㅗ it is pronounced like word “oh”.
    Other examples include:
    Oa in road
    Oa in moat
    Oa in Goat
    O in Token

    • @AlotOfSunInHeaven
      @AlotOfSunInHeaven 3 года назад +2

      That is wrong. Those last examples are all examples of a diphthong (two vowels combined) that Korean does not have. Listen to 03:25 and out, she talks about this.

    • @groovyhannah8517
      @groovyhannah8517 3 года назад

      I think "aw" sounds more like ㅏ not ㅓ

  • @1dreamysky
    @1dreamysky 2 года назад

    Thank you. Very helpful!!

  • @kittyvu5045
    @kittyvu5045 4 года назад +2

    I'm so glad I speak Vietnamese with it's multitude of variations of how to pronounce a vowel depending on how many accents you add

    • @butterface2005
      @butterface2005 4 года назад

      Kitty Vu yeah 오 is like ô and 어 is more like ơ

  • @donpasulka
    @donpasulka 2 года назад

    Extremely helpful! Thanks!

  • @muradbashirov6435
    @muradbashirov6435 3 года назад

    Fantastic video, thanks!

  • @jasonloke2219
    @jasonloke2219 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing!!

  • @tegamichi7379
    @tegamichi7379 2 года назад

    That's a video I was searching for! Thank you very much! ♡

  • @s1gnal939
    @s1gnal939 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much for these videos!! :)

  • @Oribiadesu99
    @Oribiadesu99 Год назад

    thank you so much for this video 💜

  • @churchofsmile
    @churchofsmile 5 лет назад +1

    really helpful video as always!

  • @elizabethd6712
    @elizabethd6712 3 года назад

    This was SOOOO helpful!! 감사합니다!

  • @roisintaylor1739
    @roisintaylor1739 4 года назад

    Really useful! Thank you!

  • @el3369
    @el3369 2 года назад

    This was an amazing video, thank you for posting

  • @moments_workshop3773
    @moments_workshop3773 3 года назад +5

    Super helpful thank! I appreciate the imagery lol 7:43

  • @cosynins
    @cosynins 4 года назад +3

    This helped so much thank you !! TT you're a life saver!

  • @southerntenacityfilms2051
    @southerntenacityfilms2051 3 года назад

    Cleared my confusion up really nicely, thanks !

  • @sandraokellylutz5995
    @sandraokellylutz5995 3 года назад

    The thought you put in to this is amazing

  • @groovyhannah8517
    @groovyhannah8517 3 года назад

    This was really helpful, thank you :)

  • @_moonstxrs_2425
    @_moonstxrs_2425 4 года назад

    I can’t believe how much this helped omg thank you so much

  • @LinaSpaniel
    @LinaSpaniel 2 года назад

    Thank you!! 💗 ive struggled with this a lot and i understood the difference now~!

  • @meglydia
    @meglydia 2 года назад

    this is super helpful! 감사합니다 ♡

  • @beomubear2552
    @beomubear2552 3 года назад

    thank you so much for explaining this detail! It helps me so much!

  • @mariaemad3159
    @mariaemad3159 Год назад +1

    This video really helpful thank you❤❤

  • @abhethashogun7177
    @abhethashogun7177 3 года назад

    This video was amazing and it finally solved this issue. Thank you!!

  • @Min.Yuzuki
    @Min.Yuzuki 2 месяца назад

    Really helpful!

  • @melty2
    @melty2 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you thank you thank you! It finally makes sense 😃

  • @zengakukatsu
    @zengakukatsu 2 года назад

    very helpful thank you very much

  • @phoenixmei
    @phoenixmei 3 года назад

    This was helpful af. Jus made learning Korean so much easier, thank you!!!

  • @lingyang9813
    @lingyang9813 4 года назад

    Thank you so much and this helped me a lot! Looking forward to seeing more pronunciation videos:)

  • @mayi4403
    @mayi4403 3 года назад +2

    YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!! Are you a linguist? You’re the best I’ve ever heard. Why haven’t I seen you before!!! This is the second video I’ve seen from you, and I have learned sssssooo much from you in a couple of minutes than a year of videos, apps, and books I’ve read. No matter how long I listen to translating apps repeating a sound over and over, I just can’t understand the difference. YOU ARE THE BESSSSSSSTTTT!!! Thank you sssssooo much!! The first video I saw of you was how to pronounce ㅈ, ㅉ, and ㅊ. I’m so impressed! Subscribing for sure!

  • @KRYoung_dev
    @KRYoung_dev 3 года назад +5

    As an (American) English speaker just starting to learn Korean, my brain sometimes hears 어 as "oh" like woe, "ah" like "awe," and sometimes "uh" like "hug." With all the Korean words I learned from watching Kdramas before knowing how they were spelled, 어 sounded the same as "oh" (in woe) to me, which is also how 오 sounds to me most of the time, except sometimes 오 sounds like "oo" (in who) to me, which is what I know 우 is supposed to sound like... 😭 I know I'll get it eventually, but for now it's just hard; I don't want to try pronouncing anything until I hear it spoken. Also, when Korean speakers end a sentence in 요, it sounds like 여 to me when they speak at a normal speed. Curse you, English brain! 😭

  • @danid5328
    @danid5328 2 года назад

    Wow… it seems so easy to see the difference now. Thank you! ❤️

  • @samuelrussom9498
    @samuelrussom9498 3 года назад

    Great video 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @layannie2239
    @layannie2239 3 года назад

    Ah! Thank you SO much for this video. I can finally tell them both apart! :)

  • @meika9067
    @meika9067 11 месяцев назад

    You are the best teacher. Thank you!

  • @soobinsdolphin
    @soobinsdolphin 3 года назад +1

    I've been struggling with this for about an hour now and finally came across your video, absolute game changer, thank you so much!!!!

  • @bts.army4life88
    @bts.army4life88 11 месяцев назад

    this was PERFECT and fixed my issue in 5 min. 감사합니다!!

  • @viki1835
    @viki1835 3 года назад

    aaa thank you, this helped a lot :D

  • @rquevedo005
    @rquevedo005 3 года назад

    Wowwww amazing explanation! I just need to practice a lot more, so with time it just comes natural! Thanks again!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @amalia01
    @amalia01 3 года назад

    Thank you so much for this video! I just started learning Korean this week and this helps a lot! I'll be watching all of your videos ;)

  • @illcookhim2168
    @illcookhim2168 4 года назад

    thank you!! it helps a lot!!!

  • @johongo
    @johongo 3 года назад +1

    what the heck this was a really effective lesson

  • @ShelleyM007
    @ShelleyM007 2 года назад

    Thank you! Techniques to really help us as we sharpen our listening skills!

  • @zacjuarez7899
    @zacjuarez7899 2 года назад

    This was so incredibly helpful to me holy cow, thanks a bunch 🤍

  • @margo5969
    @margo5969 Год назад

    This is great, you are great < 3 thanks ~

  • @28kemal
    @28kemal Год назад

    Such a great teaching. good jobs. i understand now

  • @sylviewaldorf5834
    @sylviewaldorf5834 3 года назад

    Thank you very much, I've been struggling with this since the day I started learning korean. 감사합니다!

  • @ojobandoy8790
    @ojobandoy8790 4 года назад +1

    very good explanation 감사합니다

  • @inna719
    @inna719 5 лет назад +1

    This was so helpful, thank you! I just subscribed to your channel :)

  • @rominahurtado8229
    @rominahurtado8229 4 года назад

    Thank you this was really helpful, now i can differentiate the two vowels 💗💗

  • @berfinnurpolat4073
    @berfinnurpolat4073 2 года назад

    I have an exam about listening tomorrow and I studied through this video, but it helps, really

  • @Liza-zn9ic
    @Liza-zn9ic 4 года назад

    Thank you for this..... truly truly helpful! And just wanted to add, you have such a nice voice.... pleasing to the ears😁

  • @bjmurphy34
    @bjmurphy34 Год назад

    This is very helpful. I'm confident that I understand the difference now. Thank you.

  • @Mort7an
    @Mort7an 5 лет назад +1

    Brilliant! Thank you. :)

  • @Jjuyeongju
    @Jjuyeongju 2 года назад

    So helpful😊👍

  • @RandomShizzle1000
    @RandomShizzle1000 3 года назад

    This was so very helpful as an English speaker. You're amazing, thanks!!

  • @storona3999
    @storona3999 4 года назад +2

    thank you, hearing you say them side by side really showed the difference between them.

  • @annegerlyilustre5206
    @annegerlyilustre5206 Год назад

    Been trying to learn this for days and finally got a better grasp because of your lesson! Thank you so much!

  • @skilsuvulcan9770
    @skilsuvulcan9770 2 года назад +6

    we have something like eo in Persian but romanization of it makes it difficult, it is a very simple vowel for Persians but i learn Korean from English perspective.

  • @ofgodzeus
    @ofgodzeus 3 года назад

    Thank YOU!

  • @sushantmeshram5172
    @sushantmeshram5172 4 года назад

    Such a fantastic and simple explanation madam. Thank you so much 😊

  • @roballswellmacalisang4844
    @roballswellmacalisang4844 8 месяцев назад

    Before I really stuggled about the eo and o sound, this is really helpful!

  • @scaramouchessimp3744
    @scaramouchessimp3744 4 года назад

    I had a very hard time distinguishing these two thanks for making this video

  • @KevClass
    @KevClass 2 месяца назад

    Perfeita! 감사합니다~

  • @elliotmerijn8891
    @elliotmerijn8891 2 года назад

    감사합니다 🙏🏼 the way you explain things is so clear, it’s the best! i learn very well with the clear pronunciation guide you give. I notice how often times I already kind of guessed it correctly before watching your videos.

  • @prashil3k594
    @prashil3k594 3 года назад +1

    Back to basics!
    Always the best approach!
    고(거)맙습니다😂

  • @ChronicAnna
    @ChronicAnna 4 года назад +2

    I loved the whole explanation and especially the practice of words at the end. It makes more sense now, moving forward I will memorize those words to help me with pronunciation and spelling as well. Thank you

  • @tul_ipz
    @tul_ipz 3 года назад

    Thanks so much lol. I was stuck on this for hours.

  • @mitsu.hadeishi
    @mitsu.hadeishi 3 года назад +6

    Super helpful. I love your technical explanations. I'd intuited it was the mouth shape but the monothong aspect I was doing but not conscious of. This makes it much easier for me to understand conceptually. Also loved your ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ video, that helped a LOT. Thankfully the ㄹ sound is very similar to Japanese (I'm Japanese-American but know enough Japanese to be very familiar with the Japanese "r") so that hasn't been a problem...

  • @dreamgloww6650
    @dreamgloww6650 3 года назад

    thank you very much!! got stuck with differentiating these 2.. i couldnt hear the difference. its a big help. ill just practice over and over...

  • @TeamMinji
    @TeamMinji 3 года назад

    Thank youuuuu so much!

  • @Kimsy4
    @Kimsy4 Месяц назад

    I've finally successfully understood the difference ❤❤Thank you thank you 🤗

  • @user-zy8kr2vw5z
    @user-zy8kr2vw5z 3 года назад

    어 발음과 오 발음이 헷갈렸었는데 이렇게 영상으로 친절하게 설명해주셔서 감사합니다~~

  • @koroyuki5815
    @koroyuki5815 Месяц назад

    Thank you very much for explaining this point!! I was really confused 😵‍💫...... that was really helpful!!😆😊🙏♥️

  • @henryspragge
    @henryspragge 2 года назад

    Brilliant!

  • @this10guy
    @this10guy 2 года назад

    That helps soo much! 🙂 I was always so confused by ㅓ versus ㅗ and now it makes so much more sense!

  • @laghoable
    @laghoable 3 года назад

    Thank you! I got the hang of it now

  • @semkoops
    @semkoops 4 года назад

    Your videos usually consist of just you talking without many added sound effects and much editing. This is great and makes me relax and focus at the same time on what you say. I find these videos very practical when I don't fully understand some of the explanations of other Korean lesson videos. 감사합니다.

  • @Eunoiawinter
    @Eunoiawinter 3 года назад

    It helped me so much thank you again💛🐛✨

  • @minnie777
    @minnie777 Год назад

    Brilliant videeeooooo !!!!! THANKS

  • @feliceclarissa9374
    @feliceclarissa9374 3 года назад

    thank you for this video, it helped me a LOT🤣

  • @mfu6428
    @mfu6428 3 года назад +3

    I really appreciate for your help!
    I’ve been learning Korean for a really long while (for like 3 years?).
    Though getting high scores on some Korean exams, I still found myself struggling with those little difficulties like 오 and 어.
    After watching this I feel much more better about my pronunciation :)
    I still feel hard to tell when hearing 어, but I am okay with 오 now.
    I’ll keep trying! Thank you so much.

  • @sidca
    @sidca 2 года назад

    감사합니다!

  • @esteb6544
    @esteb6544 4 года назад

    Thank you sooo much! Gracias!

  • @zacharyw1558
    @zacharyw1558 4 года назад

    Just begin learning Korean and encountered this problem the first day. This is truly a common issue for foreign learners lol. Very helpful and I’m sure your other videos will be as well helpful