Difference Between 어 and 오 | Korean Pronunciation Practice
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2024
- This video is about:
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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the butt hole bit had me laughing out loud
I snort there
@@chris9yearsago698 don't do drugs kids
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😅
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
@@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
@@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
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.
Robert Ramirez just scrap romanizations. don’t trust them. ignore them. they are just confusing. ㅕ is ㅕ and not eo.
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
Din O in Polish we have (almost) 어 but not 오, so I used to mix these sounds in the opposite way😛
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Haha that's curious
Trata de pronunciar la 어 como si aspiraras aire y la 오 como si soplaras .
exactamenteee!! me identifico completamente con lo que dijiste.
@@jcvp2493 esto me sirvió!! 고마워요
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.
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.
7:43 caught me off guard hahah
I literally burst into laughter
Was about to comment the exact same thing 😆
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
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
I can tell the difference when I hear it but I can’t make the sounds with my mouth 🥺
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! ^^
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.
Paulo Roberto I envy you😛
I love our amazing portuguese, it always helps me to learn new languages ❤
I am learning Portuguese and have never made this connection, I now feel enlightened
Mesmo com a acentuação dificuldade de acertar a diferença, as vezes eu confundia
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
The thought you put in to this is amazing
Thank you so much and this helped me a lot! Looking forward to seeing more pronunciation videos:)
This helped so much thank you !! TT you're a life saver!
This was so helpful, thank you! I just subscribed to your channel :)
That's a video I was searching for! Thank you very much! ♡
Thank you!! 💗 ive struggled with this a lot and i understood the difference now~!
Cleared my confusion up really nicely, thanks !
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 ;)
This was helpful af. Jus made learning Korean so much easier, thank you!!!
I've been struggling with this for about an hour now and finally came across your video, absolute game changer, thank you so much!!!!
really helpful video as always!
Thank you for this..... truly truly helpful! And just wanted to add, you have such a nice voice.... pleasing to the ears😁
Wowwww amazing explanation! I just need to practice a lot more, so with time it just comes natural! Thanks again!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you very much, I've been struggling with this since the day I started learning korean. 감사합니다!
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
This was so very helpful as an English speaker. You're amazing, thanks!!
This was an amazing video, thank you for posting
This video was amazing and it finally solved this issue. Thank you!!
thank you, hearing you say them side by side really showed the difference between them.
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.
Extremely helpful! Thanks!
Been trying to learn this for days and finally got a better grasp because of your lesson! Thank you so much!
I can’t believe how much this helped omg thank you so much
Thank you so much for these videos!! :)
It's not only the shape of the lips, but the position of the jaw that learners can focus on. With 어 the chin drops much lower than with 오. As a learner, I found this to be a helpful way to differentiate. (It also helps that my native language differentiates these sounds.) 어 is more like the "awe" in "awesome" and 오 more like the "oo" in "poor".
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...
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.
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
learning vowels in other languages is especially difficult for native English speakers because at some point in the past (middle English, I think) the language underwent a vowel shift without the alphabet really changing. One of the strongest examples of this is the English vowel "i" which in many languages has an "ee" sound like the word eel. But in English, the vowel "i" is generally pronounced like the word "eye" or "identify" or such.
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.
This was SOOOO helpful!! 감사합니다!
thank you so much for explaining this detail! It helps me so much!
Ah! Thank you SO much for this video. I can finally tell them both apart! :)
Wow… it seems so easy to see the difference now. Thank you! ❤️
Thank you! Techniques to really help us as we sharpen our listening skills!
This video really helpful thank you❤❤
This was so incredibly helpful to me holy cow, thanks a bunch 🤍
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
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.
This was really helpful, thank you :)
Fantastic video, thanks!
so helpful! thank you so much!
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
Kitty Vu yeah 오 is like ô and 어 is more like ơ
You are the best teacher. Thank you!
Oh, I could not find this video in your playlist [Korean Pronunciation], but fortunately I got it from a link in another video. Thanks, very helpful.
Thank you!
I really needed this video cause I was scared all the time that I will badly learn new words because I can't say 어 and 오 well.
Your video really help me.
Especially I understood the diffrence with your explain how the mouth is set and exercises at the end of video.
감사합니다!
this was PERFECT and fixed my issue in 5 min. 감사합니다!!
Thank you. Very helpful!!
Life saver! I have been studying for seven months now. This is so helpful. This will help my spelling! My teacher hopefully notice my improvement.
Hey! I’ve been procrastinating learning how to speak Korean on my own since the start of the quarantine because of so many reasons, you know, it hasn’t been easy. But I unintentionally learned how to read hangeul and being 2 in the morning on a Saturday I realized I couldn’t difference 어 from 오 when it comes to phonetics, and then I found your channel. Thank you so much for this video, I am now subscribed and looking forward to watching more of your content. And excuse my English, I’m a native Spanish speaker (which sometimes makes me feel like I got it easier to pronounce Korean sounds!)
Such a fantastic and simple explanation madam. Thank you so much 😊
Thank you this was really helpful, now i can differentiate the two vowels 💗💗
Before I really stuggled about the eo and o sound, this is really helpful!
Thank you very much for explaining this point!! I was really confused 😵💫...... that was really helpful!!😆😊🙏♥️
That helps soo much! 🙂 I was always so confused by ㅓ versus ㅗ and now it makes so much more sense!
This is very helpful. I'm confident that I understand the difference now. Thank you.
very good explanation 감사합니다
Really useful! Thank you!
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...
this is so helpful thank yoU!
thank you so much for this video 💜
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Such a great teaching. good jobs. i understand now
this is super helpful! 감사합니다 ♡
Thia is a great vid. Thanks! (Liked the annyeong haseYow part 😁)
Back to basics!
Always the best approach!
고(거)맙습니다😂
Thank you for this explanatory video, it helped me so much!
And a fun fact: in Swedish we have a letter "å" that is similar to 어 but with more closed lips (which is why I can hear a clear difference but still has trouble with pronunciation sometimes)
These exercises at the end were incredibly helpful, as was the diphthong explanation! This was such a needed breakdown of what is so confusing if you’re only using Duolingo to learn
This is great! I could always tell the difference since I started speaking French at around 4 but I was never sure how to pronounce them haha
I didn’t even realize there was a difference 😅 but I can totally hear it now!! So cool!! I absolutely love these videos! They are helping me soo much! It’s nice to talk face to face and see/hear how it is pronounced!
I've finally successfully understood the difference ❤❤Thank you thank you 🤗
Don't confuse the English names for the phonetic sounds. In some words, like 'hole', you will hear something like the diphthong that is the name, but in a word like 'pot', the sound is a monothong, that is more similar to ㅓ. But with ㅜ, it is a new sound. Learning ㅜ and ㅗ are both sounds where lips push forward and squeeze together. It is similar with Finnish u svých is almost identical to ㅜ. That helps me a lot with the Korean forward vowels.
Thank you thank you thank you! It finally makes sense 😃
Brilliant videeeooooo !!!!! THANKS
I have an exam about listening tomorrow and I studied through this video, but it helps, really
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.
Brilliant! Thank you. :)
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks so much lol. I was stuck on this for hours.
ahhhh the mono~dipthong difference does it for me, I've been puzzling lately specifically about 어 and 오 because if I'm in a situation where I gotta switch english and korean alot the english mouth really screws up my delivery. Thankyou! gonna marathon all your pronounciation vids
I had a very hard time distinguishing these two thanks for making this video
what the heck this was a really effective lesson
aaa thank you, this helped a lot :D
thank you!! it helps a lot!!!
Thank you very much for this video! I still have troubles with distinguishing these sounds, but it seems that I have much better understanding of what I should pay attention to. Hope to never order nosebleed at cafe ever again! 😄
It helped me so much thank you again💛🐛✨
very helpful thank you very much
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
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.
I think "aw" sounds more like ㅏ not ㅓ
This is great, you are great < 3 thanks ~