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Korean Pronunciation & Sound Changes

Connect Korean spelling with standard pronunciation, predict common sound changes, and repeat them naturally in words and sentences.

15 episodes

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Episodes

EP.01

Why Does Korean Spelling Sound Different?

한글 표기와 실제 소리는 왜 달라질까요?

Learn why Korean spelling can sound different in context and how to predict the sound you hear.

EP.02

Final Consonants Settle into Seven Representative Sounds

받침은 일곱 가지 대표 소리로 모여요

Learn how final consonants are realized as seven representative sounds at the end of a syllable.

EP.03

Final Consonants Link Before Vowels

받침 뒤에 모음이 오면 이어 읽어요

Practice basic linking when a vowel-initial particle or ending follows a final consonant.

EP.04

Final Sounds Become Nasal Before ㄴ and ㅁ

ㄴ과 ㅁ 앞에서는 코소리로 바뀌어요

Practice nasalization when ㄱ-, ㄷ-, and ㅂ-series final sounds come before ㄴ or ㅁ.

EP.05

ㄴ and ㄹ Meet as a Double ㄹ Sound

ㄴ과 ㄹ이 만나면 ㄹ 소리가 이어져요

Learn to predict the common double ㄹ sound when ㄴ and ㄹ meet in representative Korean words.

EP.06

Plain Consonants Can Sound Tense After Final Consonants

평음이 된소리로 들리는 때가 있어요

Practice common tensification when a plain consonant follows a syllable-final consonant, using words and sentences.

EP.07

ㅎ Makes Neighboring Sounds Aspirated

ㅎ을 만나면 거센소리가 나요

Practice aspiration when ㅎ meets ㄱ ㄷ ㅂ or ㅈ in words and short sentences.

EP.08

ㅎ Between Vowels Can Weaken or Disappear

모음 사이의 ㅎ은 약해지거나 사라져요

Practice common spelling and sound differences when ㅎ weakens or disappears before vowel-initial particles and endings.

EP.09

ㄷ and ㅌ Become ㅈ and ㅊ Before 이

ㄷ과 ㅌ이 이 앞에서 ㅈ과 ㅊ으로 바뀌어요

Practice basic palatalization when final ㄷ or ㅌ meets a relevant 이-series grammatical or derivational form in words and short sentences.

EP.10

One Sound Remains Before a Consonant in a Final Cluster

겹받침 뒤에 자음이 오면 한 소리가 남아요

Practice how double final consonants are realized before consonants in words and short sentences.

EP.11

Two Sounds Emerge Before a Vowel in a Final Cluster

겹받침 뒤에 모음이 오면 두 소리가 드러나요

Learn how both consonants in a double final cluster surface when a directly attached particle or ending begins with a vowel.

EP.12

ㄴ Insertion in Some Compound Words

합성어에서는 ㄴ 소리가 덧날 수 있어요

Practice representative compounds where ㄴ can be inserted before an 이-series beginning, then listen for any following nasalization.

EP.13

Two Sound Changes in One Korean Word

한 단어에서 소리 변화가 두 번 일어나요

Predict and hear two linked sound changes inside one Korean word.

EP.14

Sound Changes Across Word Boundaries

단어가 이어지면 경계에서도 소리가 달라져요

Hear and predict nasalization and aspiration when words connect across a phrase boundary.

EP.15

Predict Pronunciation from the Next Sound

뒤에 오는 소리를 보고 발음을 예측해요

Use the next sound to predict linking, nasalization, tensing, and palatalization in focused pronunciation drills.

🎧Korean Pronunciation & Sound Changes