"콜라"
Translation:cola
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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")
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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
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
English | Hangul | Romanization | IME Typing |
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cola | 콜라 | kol la | zhf fk |
Native Korean pronunciation via Forvo: https://forvo.com/word/콜라/