"학교"

Translation: School

[LucyLumi]

Is there a mistake with the uploading of these recordings? It's as if they are speeded up the tiniest bit, throwing off the pronunciation entirely :S The ㅏ's are all wrong for starters :( And it's a bit too fast for people to get..

[Siri171543]

Yeah I agree

[PRIYA793525]

Me too

[clouddrone]

Its not a recording its text to speech.

[ph.fGGsTP]

Yes

[PragunBhatia]

Are bhai wo bss aisa dekhate hai in english mee too faced this problem in the starting but now by continously listening i understood all there actual pronounciation

[lang864129]

학교(學校)

[Emppu195626]

I notoced that it souds like same in japanese :')

[Yunanuu]

Does this remind anyone else of "School of Tears" by BTS?

[ph.EcqtCt]

Being an army myself, I don't think it is a good idea to mention BTS anywhere and everywhere. This place is meant for queries related to the language, let's respect that :)

[ArtemisFow2]

Reminds of the Japanese word for school, how convenient.

[Hannaha70093]

The end does sound similar.... I guess. 学校(gakkou) vs 학교(haggyo).......

[HannahaSchool]

와, it really does that's cool!

[RhiannonMcBride]

It's definitely close enough to help me remember it.

[abhigyaneupane]

I just love how they pronouce school like that

Am i the only one that hears "hack ya"

[Andrew-Macdonald]

Why are there two "ㄱ"s? Do two "ㄱ"s make a special sound? Why wouldn't it be "학요"? I would think "학요" would be pronounced the same way. Or is there no reason for it just like English has two "g"s in the word "goggle" for example?

[justJacob25]

The 2 ㄱ's basically just show the syllables. So it's pronounced "hak-kyo" but when said it sounds like one ㄱ, or one fluent "hakyo". Similarly, many other Korean words are spelled differently than how they sound, such as "감사합니다", which is spelled "kamsahamnida" but sounds like "kamsamnida". This is because most people fluent in Korean speak fast, similar to english speaking people slurring their words when trying to rap. If you ever speak to a fluent Korean person, than saying "kamsamnida" would be fine, so in real conversation it's not that important, but more needed for writing or typing.

[nleconte]

Short answer: that's just the way it is.

Longer answer. This word is Hanja based. 학 relates to study. 교 relates to school. There is no reason to change the way you write them when you put them together.

As for pronunciation, I'll let someone else answer. For what it's worth as a fellow learner, I mostly pronounce both ㄱ's.

[lang864129]

學校

[GyllonEcleo20]

Hakgyo or hakkyo?

[Jasxaxp]

I know this is a bit off topic, but what's a good way to learn simple vocabulary for beginners, I know how to read hangul but do not know what it means?

[JSChang1]

textbooks, talking with korean friends, maybe even using google translate as a last resort

[OldYogg]

So is this one of those words where the end of one syllable and the beginning of the next begin with the same letter (ㄱ)? Why?

[Unnamable7]

Jajajajaj puse en español :(