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when do ㅅ and ㅊ and ㅆ sound like " t or d" ?

kissthequizzer
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when do ㅅ and ㅊ and ㅆ sound like " t or d" ?

Postby kissthequizzer » December 20th, 2008 4:36 am

Because that has seriously been bothering me while I'm trying to get better at reading Hangul.

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Postby manyakumi » December 20th, 2008 7:24 am

When they come to the end of a syllable.

낫, 낯, 났 all sound as 낟 when they were alone.
But when a vowel follows,

낫이 -> 나시
낯이 -> 나치
났어 -> 나써

Their sounds return.

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kissthequizzer
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one more thing...about ㅌ

Postby kissthequizzer » December 20th, 2008 5:30 pm

does it always sound like a "ch" when it's at the end, too? like in 같 이 ?

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Re: one more thing...about ㅌ

Postby manyakumi » December 22nd, 2008 7:07 am

kissthequizzer wrote:does it always sound like a "ch" when it's at the end, too? like in 같 이 ?


It sounds like that only in front of "이 선행모음" such as 이,야,여,요,유.
And we call this phenomenon as "구개음화".

같이 -> 가치
굳이 -> 구지

같아 -> 가타
같은 -> 가튼

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