"뽀뽀"
Translation:kiss
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Koreans say 뽀뽀 to express shallow one. And say 키스 to express deeeeep one lol
I don't think there's a word for it in Korean. I just want to know how the French call it in French.
I think I will always prefer 뽀뽀, just because it isn't as close to English. I get mixed up enough with Spanish and English, that hiding from cognates is preferable.
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Korean does not have a specific set of alphabets like the one in English. They have specific consonants and vowels which are combined. Similar to north indian languages like bengali, hindi etc. Korean Consonants ㅂㅈㄷㄱㅅㅁㄴㅇㄹㅎㅋㅌㅊㅍㅃㅉㄸㄲㅆ Korean Vowels ㅏㅑㅔㅖㅐㅒㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡ ㅣ 와 워 왜 웨 위 의외 This picture will help https://images.app.goo.gl/G3ibcgnhxQwLhQzz6
To anyone needing help with pronunciation, this sounds like:
- Italian boppo (pretty close)
- French beauppeau (pretty close if the p is pronounced geminate)
- Japanese ぼっぼ (pretty close)
- English bohpoh (not a very accurate representation)
Additionally:
The tensed consonant letters are interesting, because these emerged from consonant clusters like ㅳ, ㅄ, and ㅴ. Many of these clusters became simplified over the centuries causing spelling confusion among those writing in native Korean, which had not been standardized in any way. By the time the Japanese had started becoming involved in shaping the Korean language, many of these tensed consonants were written with ㅅ (such as ㅺ, ㅼ, ㅽ). But the ㅅ sound had disappeared from those clusters already, leaving a tensed version of the second sounds in the clusters.
Since Korean is the only language which strictly distinguishes tensed consonants from plain and aspirated ones, a lot of research has been poured into analyzing the nature of tensed consonants. One paper (A Moraic Account of Korean Tense Consonants by Agustina Carando) argues that they are really geminates (long consonants) which can be found in a lot of languages like Italian and Japanese.
English, interestingly, also has an equivalent to tensed consonants, albeit not phonemic. The word spin has a tensed p. The word skin has a tensed k. The word sting has a tensed t. If you subtract the s sound like the Koreans did, you end up with tensed consonants.
ㅂ does not represent [b]. Instead, Korean has 3 p:
- plain p (ㅂ)
- aspirated pʰ (ㅍ)
- tensed p͈ (ㅃ)
Between vowels, the plain form is voiced to [b]. This pattern extends to all of the other stop consonants as well.
Brought over from this Duolingo forum thread: Is ㅂ a B or P?
Hmmm, this term is kinda childish... It sounds like a kid sayin "mom, come and kiss me good night!"
Yea I've heard that 뽀뽀 is like just saying "kiss" casually while 키스 is more intimate.
Anybody know why the second syllable sounds different than the first? Sounds like boo-bo (bu-bo) instead of bo-bo.
I just started wondering whether I was going crazy, or the audio was changed, as nobody mentions the unexpected pronunciation... To me it sounds like "bupo" too. Although above, there's lot's of people describing the pronounciation as "bopo" or similar.
Both of my parents are fluent in Korean, and the audio file doesn't sound correct based on what I've heard growing up...
It's closer to "bobo." Usually, a single "ㅂ" would sound like a "b" with a slight "p" sound. However, double consonants are different- They are strictly that letter. Therefore, "ㅃ" would sound strongly of a "b." (Add the "ㅗ"s which sound like an "oh" would complete it, making it pronounced as "boh-boh.") I'm not quite sure if that made sense, but I hope it did... Good luck with your learning! :) (One more thing, 보보 would still be "bobo" with a slight hint of the "p" sound. 포포 would soundly strictly of "p"s with no "b"s. Okay, I'm overcomplicating this. You get the point, I hope.)
Korean sounds change a lot depending on what other sounds they are next to. Most native Korean speakers don't notice it which makes it hard to ask how they change
It's just me or the audio is saying 뿌뻐? Is there something I missed in the spelling?
Is someone is a French speaker, please help me. I hear "bobo" or "be-be". What it's the closer transliterated in French?
It should be like French ‹beauppeau› (with consonant gemination between syllables). ‹bebe› would be closer to 뻐버.
Okay ima be honest but 뽀뽀 sounds like football. I know the meaning and all but I thought it was a bit funny to me.
to me it sounds like it has a "T" in it. like, putbo. ??? like what Pheobe_756 said.
Why does the translation sound like "ppuppu"(뿌뿌)instead of "ppoppo"(뽀뽀)?
If you need more help, then I strongly recommend youtube videos of native speakers with subtitles.. You'll surely learn some new words and get help with pronunciation too.. Wish you happy learning! 안녕히가세요!(Bye)
i feel like they r pronoucing it wrong. i hear pupo, not popo. or is it just me?
