Learn why 네 (ne) meaning "your" is sometimes pronounced 니 (ni) in Korean
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| Hi everybody! Jae here. Welcome to Ask a Teacher, where I’ll answer some of your most common Korean questions. |
| The question for this lesson is… |
| Why is 네 [ne] meaning “your” sometimes pronounced 니 [ni] in Korean? |
| 네 [ne], the shortened version of the casual possessive, 너의 [neoui], meaning, "your" often gets pronounced as 니 [ni] instead of 네(ne] in spoken Korean. This is because 내 [nae] meaning "my" sounds so similar to 네 [ne]. |
| Let’s learn how to pronounce the Korean word for “your” more naturally. |
| For example, how do you say, “your computer” in Korean? Even though it’s written as 네 컴퓨터 [ne computeo], most people pronounce it as 니 컴퓨터 [ni computeo]. |
| Let’s do a tricky sentence with some similar sounding words. Here's the sentence meaning “Is this mine or yours?” in Korean? 이거 내 거야 네 거야? [Igeo nae geoya ne geoya?] |
| Can you hear the difference? Since it’s very difficult to hear and pronounce, many people say, 이거 내 거야 니 거야? [Igeo nae geoya ni geoya?] |
| This is our final tip for this lesson! Remember, even though many people pronounce 네[ne] as 니[ni], make sure to use 네[ne] when you write in Korean! |
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