"남자가 앉습니다."
Translation:The man sits.
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I dont understand how double consonants at the end of a syllable work when to they are different consonants. Such as with the first syllable of the second word in this sentence.
Most of the time you only pronounce the second one it seems, unless the verb stem is followed by a vowel. 읽습니다 sound like "eek-seum-ni-dah" where as 읽어요 sounds like "eel-geo-yo"
앉다 is an exception to that, everyone says "ahn" and then for 앉아 "ahn-jah"
Here is a link to a lesson that will help you. Scroll down to where it says "The Pronunciation of Syllables with Four Letters":
Certain words, the last consonant actually goes with the next syllable.
The verb used here is a simple conjugation of "sits" so the sentemce comes out maybe a little unnatural.
There is more advanced grammer to describe an action in progress and to say "The man is sitting":
남자가 앉고 있다 - Meaning that the man is in the middle of the action of sitting down.
남자가 앉아 있다 - Meaning that the man is already sitting on somthing and is still seated.
verb + 고 있다 describes an action in progress
conjugated verb + 있다 describes a continued action
if it talks about the man as the topic, can we use /neun/ instead of /ga/? so it's namjaneun anseumnida
