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Lesson 9. Consonant Assimilation Pt.1

This document discusses consonant assimilation in Korean. It explains that consonant assimilation occurs between the final consonant (받침) of one syllable and the initial consonant of the next syllable. This can cause the two consonants to combine and produce a different sound. As examples, it notes that "한국어" is pronounced "한구거" due to assimilation between ᄀ and ᄋ. It emphasizes that understanding assimilation helps with pronouncing Korean more comfortably and naturally. The document then provides specific rules for assimilation involving ᄋ, ᄃ, ᄐ, ᄒ and other consonants. It concludes by reviewing the two main assimilation rules covered: assimilation that occurs

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Lesson 9. Consonant Assimilation Pt.1

This document discusses consonant assimilation in Korean. It explains that consonant assimilation occurs between the final consonant (받침) of one syllable and the initial consonant of the next syllable. This can cause the two consonants to combine and produce a different sound. As examples, it notes that "한국어" is pronounced "한구거" due to assimilation between ᄀ and ᄋ. It emphasizes that understanding assimilation helps with pronouncing Korean more comfortably and naturally. The document then provides specific rules for assimilation involving ᄋ, ᄃ, ᄐ, ᄒ and other consonants. It concludes by reviewing the two main assimilation rules covered: assimilation that occurs

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GOOD JOB

KOREAN

LEVEL 1

Section 1. Learning Hangul


with Kun
Lesson 9. Consonant assimilation pt.1

@kunkorean

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In ‘한글’, consonant assimilation happens in between
‘받침’ in the previous letter and the initial consonant in
the next letter. Sometimes these two consonants are
assimilated and produce different sound.

If I pronounce ‘한국어’ syllable by syllable it doesn’t


sound natural. So consonant assimilation happens
between ‘ㄱ’ and ‘ㅇ’, and it becomes [한구거] rather
than ‘한국어’. ‘한국어’ is a correct way to write it, but we
pronounce it as [한구거].

Consonant assimilation is just a helpful tool for you to


pronounce more easily and with less effort. So you can
pronounce Korean in a more comfortable and natural way.

When you know how word is pronounced exactly, it will


improve your listening much more. So even if consonant
assimilation seems like complicated, in the long run it will
be very helpful to improve your Korean overall. And of
course, as you learn Korean more it will just come natural
to you.

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[옽]
When ‘ㅇ’ which doesn't have a sound comes after a
letter with ‘받침’ the consonant in the ‘받침 position’
replaces ‘ㅇ’. So ‘옷이’ is pronounced as [오시].
‘ㅅ’ has the same sound as ‘ㅌ’ sound when it becomes
‘받침’. So ‘옷’ alone, it is pronounced the same way as
[옽], but when ‘ㅇ’ comes after ‘옷’, it's not read as [오티],
but [오시].

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However, there are a few exceptions. ‘맏이’ seems like it's
supposed to be read as [마디], but the correct way is
[마지]. When ‘ㄷ받침’ is followed by letter ‘이’, not just
‘ㅇ’ consonant, but it should be letter ‘이’. Then, it
produces ‘ㅈ’ sound.

So for ‘받을’, we pronounce it as [바들] because ‘받’ is


NOT followed by ‘이’.

The same as ‘ㄷ받침’, when ‘ㅌ받침’ is followed by ‘이’, it


produces different sound which is ‘ㅊ’ sound. So for
‘같이’, we don't pronounce it as [가티], but [가치].

But for ‘같아’, it follows the typical rule, so it is read as


[가타].

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We all know that ‘ㅎ’ has ‘h’ sound when it's placed in
initial consonant position. And as you can see in the
name of itself ‘히읗’, when it's placed in ‘받침 position’
it has ‘ㅌ’ sound.

However, this is very important, 99 percent of the time,


the sound of ‘ㅎ받침’ is determined by which consonant
comes after it. I’d say ‘ㅎ받침’ has the same sound as
‘ㅌ받침’ only in the word ‘히읗’ which is the name of
consonant itself.

In ‘좋아요’, the first letter has ‘ㅎ받침’. But it's not


pronounced like [ 좉 아 요 ], but it's pronounced as
[조아요].
Like I said, when ‘ㅎ’ becomes ‘받침’ the sound of
‘ㅎ받침’ is determined by which consonant comes next,
and if it's followed by ‘ㅇ’, ‘ㅎ’ sound gets removed, so it
becomes like [조아요]. It's not [좉아요] nor [조하요] but
[조아요].

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When ‘ㅎ받침’ is followed by ‘ㄴ consonant’, ‘ㅎ받침’ is
replaced by ‘ㄴ’, and ‘ㄴ’ that's placed in the initial
position stays the same.

When ‘ ㅎ 받침 ’ is followed by ‘ㄷ consonant’ they


produce ‘ㅌ’ sound.

When ‘ ㅎ 받침 ’ is followed by ‘ㄱ consonant’ they


produce ‘ㅋ’ sound. And in this case, it doesn't matter
which consonant is ‘받침’ and which is initial consonant.
So Even if the ‘받침’ is ‘ㄱ’ and it's followed by ‘ㅎ
consonant’, they produce ‘ㅋ’ sound.

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When ‘ ㅎ 받 침 ’ is followed by ‘ ㅈ consonant’ they
produce ‘ㅊ’ sound. And in this case as well, even though
the 받침 is ‘ㅈ’ and it's followed by ‘ㅎ consonant’, they
produce ‘ㅊ’ sound.

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That's it for ‘ㅎ’ assimilation! Now, let's review what
we've learned. It's very important, almost always the
sound of ‘ㅎ받침’ is determined by which consonant
comes after it. It produces different sound depending on
which consonant comes next.

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In this lesson we've learned two consonant assimilation
rules. The first one happens when letter with ‘받침’ is
followed by ‘ㅇ’, like 물은[무른].
And the second consonant assimilation rule that we
learned is ‘ㅎ’ assimilation. For example, ‘그렇다’ is read
as [그러타].

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