{"id":72,"date":"2009-03-10T11:15:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=72"},"modified":"2009-03-10T11:15:21","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T15:15:21","slug":"korean-spelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/korean-spelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean Spelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hangul (\ud55c\uad74<\/strong>), which is the Korean alphabet system; is largely phonetic.\u00a0 This means that words are written as they are pronounced.\u00a0 Well, for the most part they are.\u00a0 There are some exceptions to the rule.\u00a0 For example the character resembling \u3145<\/strong> is pronounced differently depending on where it’s located.\u00a0 When it’s located on top, it’s pronounced as an English “S” sound.\u00a0 Words like bosu (\ubc84\uc2a4<\/strong>) which means “bus” or suop (\uc218\uc5c5<\/strong>) which means “class” have this feature.\u00a0 When the \u3145<\/strong> is placed on the bottom, it takes on a “T” sound.\u00a0 Words like net (\ub137<\/strong>) which means “four” and bitda (\ube57\ub2e4<\/strong>) which means “to comb” have this feature.<\/p>\n

When \u3145<\/strong> is placed both on the top and bottom, you pronounce the \u3145<\/strong>\u00a0on top as an “S” and the \u3145<\/strong> on the bottom as a “T”.\u00a0 So for example sutja (\uc22b\uc790<\/strong>) which is the word for “number” and set (\uc14b<\/strong>) which is the word for “three” follow this example.<\/p>\n

When \u3145<\/strong> is doubled, it will make an English “sh” sound like in the word “shut”.\u00a0 Words like shit-da (\uc53b\ub2e4<\/strong>) which means “to wash” and words like\u00a0shi (\uc528<\/strong>) which is the suffix for Mr.\/Ms. all contain this feature.\u00a0 When the double \u3145<\/strong> or \u3146<\/strong> is on the bottom it will make a\u00a0“t” sound like itda (\uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>).\u00a0 Itda (\uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>) can mean “to have or to exist” depending on the sentence.<\/p>\n

Hopefully this clears up a lot of the pronunciation troubles that you might be having.\u00a0 Good luck with your Korean studies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hangul (\ud55c\uad74), which is the Korean alphabet system; is largely phonetic.\u00a0 This means that words are written as they are pronounced.\u00a0 Well, for the most part they are.\u00a0 There are some exceptions to the rule.\u00a0 For example the character resembling \u3145 is pronounced differently depending on where it’s located.\u00a0 When it’s located on top, it’s…<\/p>\n

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