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Fun fact: While Coca-Cola is pronounced exactly as you'd expect, the Korean word for Diet Coke is 'ko-ka ra-ee-tuh'. In other words, Coke Light.
So ㄹ sometimes seems to have more of an r sound and sometimes more of an l sound, how do you differentiate which one it is? Or is it just because of the pronunciation of the lady?
The general rule is ㄹ = R when:
- it is the first consonant in a syllable (eg: 라면 or noodles pronounced "ramyun")
- it is before a vowel (eg: 파리 or fly pronounced "pari")
- it is before a weak consonant like ㅎ (eg: 말해 or speak pronounced "marhae")
So ㄹ = L when:
- followed by a consonant (eg: 밀가루 or flour pronounced "milkaru")
- followed by another ㄹ (eg: 멀리 or far pronounced "meolli")
- ㄴ meets ㄹ (eg: 반력 or reaction prounounced "banlyeog")
ㄹ in front of a syllable = R : 라면, 바람 (ramyeon, baram)
ㄹ+ㄹ = L : 블랙 (beullaek)
ㄹ in the end of syllable = L : 발 (bal)
ㄹ in the end of syllable followed by vocal = R : 말은 (mareun)
ㄹ in the end of syllable followed by consonant = L : 설탕 (seoltang)
ㄹ after ending ㅇ = N : 영리 (yeongni)
According to what i saw on the net ,when it is in the middle of a word it has more of an "r" sound but when it is at the beginning or end of a word it has more of an "l" sound.Also when it is beside a consonant it has an "l" sound. You are welcome. ; )
I was like cora? kora? corra? kkor? ra?...... (reading hints) omg cola!!! (face-palm)
The ㄹ by itself is more like an "r" though the tongue should briefly touch your palate. However 2 ㄹ's together sound very much like an English "L" I haven't noticded it in the notes yet, but am sure it will be covered, as they are quite good. The pronunciation of an ending consonant is greatly affected by the first character of the next syllable. It blends with a vowel, so that it usually seems to be the initial sound of the following syllable, or may totally change when followed by a consonant. For example, in the word for independence 독립 both consonantts are affected by the juxtposition. The initial sound is not exactly like either a T or D, but I will represent it with a D, and the word sounds something like dongneep (with a long "o" sound). The "ㄱ" followed by either a ㄴ or ㄹ takes on the sound of "ng", and the ㄹ following a ㄱ or ㅇ sounds like an "n" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHe9IJcUXCw is a 14 minute video, but well worth your time if you want to learn correct pronunciation
Eck, I put coke in without thinking and got it "wrong"... We only refer to cola as coke over here...
Is this Konglish or actual Korean because the words I have been learning recently have been sounding very english?
I don't know how to explain it in englosh but am gonna try If you now tries to say "Cola" you will found your tongue saying "Col" after there is a short break and then the sound "la" What i wanna say is that like how i always say turning the english to korean is about how the word sounds So when you try to peonounce "cola" you'll get two syllables the "Col" and the "la" Sorry for my stupid englishhhhhh
