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Why do we use low instead of short? I can't really tell the difference, it's the same word in my language.
The ㅈ in 낮 sounds silent? Or is it a T?I know a smidge about batchim (like when ㅅ has a T sound and ㅂ sounds like ㅁ), but can't intuit this one with what I know.
Oh also ㅂ doesnt always sound like a ㅁ. Only when its followed by a ㄴ (I believe). Like 합니 sounds like 함니. But if you think of 밥 it's more like bap. Not bam. Batchim letters are both effected by and can effect the next syllable.
The pronuncation for batchim is worth googling and just memorizing. There is a good app called pop popping korean sounds that is great too.
Yes, you're right. It is a t in the sense that it makes the same sound as a ㅅ in the batchim. ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅎ all sound the same in the batchim position. So 낮 should sound like 낫 if ㅅ is the sound youre most familiar with. :)
Its not silent nor is it a T, we just write T in romanization because (at least for North Americans) it has the same placement as a final T
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Translated this "The mountain is small" correction deemed it right ... Now I am confused, cause the dictionaries in use all say low, maybe flat, but not small.
Korean doesn't have any difference between the and a. So it's basically like saying "mountain is low" but that wouldn't be correct in English so we add "the".
