Pronunciation question

[Um_Bongo]

Hey guys!

I've only just started with Korean (today, in fact), and I'm trying to learn the Korean alphabet. A few of the characters (are they classed as characters?) sound quite similar, and I was wondering if someone could explain the differences between:

ㅈ vs. ㅊ

ㄱ vs. ㅋ

ㄷ vs. ㅌ

If I were to hazard a wild guess, it would be that the latter are aspirated and the former are not. Is that right?

Also, I find the ㄹsound quite tricky. Now I know why Koreans have difficulties with our Rs and Ls

Any tips very welcome!

[austinfd]

Hey guys!

I've only just started with Korean (today, in fact), and I'm trying to learn the Korean alphabet. A few of the characters (are they classed as characters?) sound quite similar, and I was wondering if someone could explain the differences between:

ㅈ vs. ㅊ

ㄱ vs. ㅋ

ㄷ vs. ㅌ

If I were to hazard a wild guess, it would be that the latter are aspirated and the former are not. Is that right?

Also, I find the ㄹsound quite tricky. Now I know why Koreans have difficulties with our Rs and Ls

Any tips very welcome!

You're absolutely right. The second one of each of those pairs is aspirated. There's another non/aspirated pair as well

ㅂ vs ㅍ

Explore the material on this site. You should be able to find some good examples of each sound. I recommend listening to them in actual words because you rarely hear the letter all by itself.

ㄹ is definitely tricky! But you'll get the hang of it.