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| ds_ecole Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5552 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French, Japanese Studies: German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Icelandic, Greek, Latin | Message 1 of 9 25 April 2009 at 11:03pm | IP Logged |
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I am almost fluent in Japanese, and I can understand the basics of Chinese grammar, but Korean, however, is confusing because of its pronunciation. The handwriting is easy and the grammar is easy, even though I need a little bit more of an explanation. Can someone give me a website that explains Korean pronunciation.
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| nhk9 Senior Member Canada Joined 6614 days ago 290 posts - 319 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 4 of 9 31 May 2009 at 11:27pm | IP Logged |
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Websites that attempt to explain Korean pronunciation in laymen's terms are killers. Try to avoid them.
Instead, spend a week or two learning IPA. You will be able to find similarities between the languages that you already know, and Korean. To speak Korean with Koreans, you will need to do two things. Speak like a machine gun. Get your INTONATION correct. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| unzum Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom soyouwanttolearnalan Joined 6724 days ago 371 posts - 478 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 5 of 9 01 June 2009 at 3:07am | IP Logged |
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Introduction to Korean alphabet explains the writing system and pronunciation pretty well, it's also got audio.
You could also look at the Wikipedia article on Korean phonology, although it is quite technical. Hope that helps. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Principiante Senior Member United States lucasgentry.com Joined 6068 days ago 130 posts - 138 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 9 02 June 2009 at 8:42am | IP Logged |
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Oh my! Thank you so much unzum!
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| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6182 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 9 02 June 2009 at 9:32am | IP Logged |
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I cannot hear the difference between several of its consonants. That'd be my first
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| qklilx Moderator United States Joined 5996 days ago 459 posts - 477 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 9 03 June 2009 at 12:59am | IP Logged |
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Over time you get used to the different sounds, but I admit that for me to it's very hard. I think most English speakers have a difficult time with some of the consonants and vowels. I consider myself to be pretty good at differentiating them these days but I still mix them up from time to time.
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