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Colpan
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States196 Posts
June 06 2009 22:14 GMT
#81
Tyvm, I think I'll try added a little more to it tonight if I have time. :D
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
June 06 2009 22:18 GMT
#82
gotta admit, thats a solid guide
why so 진지해?
Colpan
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States196 Posts
June 07 2009 01:10 GMT
#83
:O! Thanks!
jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
June 08 2009 04:22 GMT
#84
anyone else learn how to read basic korean in 2 days?
Stuslegend
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada168 Posts
June 09 2009 05:09 GMT
#85
i wish i didnt have to dl each one individually though...

a larger youtube video would have been better imo

but im practicing it from now on, thx for the guide
stork can have my kids in his mouth any time... no homo O_O'
Colpan
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States196 Posts
June 09 2009 05:11 GMT
#86
You don't have to download them. If you wait a bit, a little bar should pop up that lets you play the file in the browser. Thats what it was doing for me. Sometimes it took a while to load.
Z-BosoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Brazil2590 Posts
June 13 2009 02:49 GMT
#87
something i'm wondering is why out of 100 sentences spoken by the commentators in Korean:

68 end in "Midaaah"

20 end in "SeiooooooOoOooo"

and 10 in "DeioooOoOoOoo"

It's so annoying! What do those words mean?
520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
June 13 2009 16:25 GMT
#88
니다, 죠/요 are common endings for Korean sentences. Since Korean follows a Subject-Object-Verb structure, you'll hear the verb at the end of the sentence. It's like how many English sentences use "is" - you just don't hear it all the time because it's located within the sentence.

Also, one sound I've never really gotten the hang of pronouncing in Korean is 의. What's the correct pronunciation for it?
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Z-BosoN
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Brazil2590 Posts
June 13 2009 20:08 GMT
#89
I see, thanks for clearing that up
pRo9aMeR
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
595 Posts
June 15 2009 07:43 GMT
#90
On June 05 2009 13:19 MorningMusume11 wrote:
so someone wanna give it a try with what I type =P

시발놈





국어사전 찾으니까 '시작'을 의미하는 '시발'과 놈은 걍... 놈; 이 나왔나보네.. ㅋㅋㅋ

In training...let's play, gg! d^..^b
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
June 19 2009 05:33 GMT
#91
I'm kind of confused on some pronunciation.

Since ㄱ makes a "G" sound when at the beginning or end, and a "K" sound between vowels, it should make a "gah" sound in "가", right, since ㄱ is at the beginning?
가
Okay that's great. I think I understand it up til here but then there is the next one:
다
Since ㄷ makes a "T" sound when at the beginning or end, and "D" sound between vowels, why is it pronounced with a "dah" sound instead of a "tah" sound? The ㄷ is at the beginning, so it should make a "T" sound shouldn't it?
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
kaleidoscope
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore2887 Posts
June 19 2009 18:34 GMT
#92
On June 19 2009 14:33 Grobyc wrote:
I'm kind of confused on some pronunciation.

Since ㄱ makes a "G" sound when at the beginning or end, and a "K" sound between vowels, it should make a "gah" sound in "가", right, since ㄱ is at the beginning?
가
Okay that's great. I think I understand it up til here but then there is the next one:
다
Since ㄷ makes a "T" sound when at the beginning or end, and "D" sound between vowels, why is it pronounced with a "dah" sound instead of a "tah" sound? The ㄷ is at the beginning, so it should make a "T" sound shouldn't it?


It's a K sound at beginning or end, and a G sound if it's between vowels.. So let's say, meat = 고기 = kogi..

However, you may not want to use english to learn korean, cos there are so many different pronounciations, and will require you to differ between things like, ㄱ,ㄲ,ㅋ..
대지따라 돌린게 시간이다.. 흘러가고 돌아오지도 않고..
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
June 19 2009 19:18 GMT
#93
I still don't get it, the OP says it's a G sound at the beginning or end, not K.
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ㄱ - G when at beginning or end, K between vowels. [IPA: k]

And when it says in between vowels, does it mean it can be inbetween the vowels that aren't in the same character? I see the consonant in 기 is supposed to be a G sound, but is that because it is after the vowel in 고, and before the vowel in 기? I thought when it said between two vowels it meant in the same character.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10835 Posts
June 19 2009 19:21 GMT
#94
i dislike the idea of having ㄱ being pronounced g/k depending on the location. for me, the easiest way to visualize it is that ㄱ is always g and ㅋ is always k.
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kaleidoscope
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore2887 Posts
June 19 2009 19:27 GMT
#95
On June 20 2009 04:21 LosingID8 wrote:
i dislike the idea of having ㄱ being pronounced g/k depending on the location. for me, the easiest way to visualize it is that ㄱ is always g and ㅋ is always k.


Probably becos i'm singaporean, speaking singlish and chinese.. =P
대지따라 돌린게 시간이다.. 흘러가고 돌아오지도 않고..
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
June 19 2009 19:32 GMT
#96
On June 20 2009 04:21 LosingID8 wrote:
i dislike the idea of having ㄱ being pronounced g/k depending on the location. for me, the easiest way to visualize it is that ㄱ is always g and ㅋ is always k.

Then wouldn't that make kal's example pronounced "gogi"? Or is it basically pronounced the same as "kogi"?
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
LosingID8
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
CA10835 Posts
June 19 2009 19:43 GMT
#97
On June 20 2009 04:32 Grobyc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 20 2009 04:21 LosingID8 wrote:
i dislike the idea of having ㄱ being pronounced g/k depending on the location. for me, the easiest way to visualize it is that ㄱ is always g and ㅋ is always k.

Then wouldn't that make kal's example pronounced "gogi"? Or is it basically pronounced the same as "kogi"?

if you think about it gogi and kogi are basically the same thing... lol
ModeratorResident K-POP Elitist
jimseo85
Profile Joined June 2009
Korea (South)7 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-21 01:54:33
June 21 2009 01:53 GMT
#98
시발놈 - see bal nom ㅋ = f*** you
jung k buk k
jimseo85
Profile Joined June 2009
Korea (South)7 Posts
June 21 2009 02:03 GMT
#99
korean just write ㄱ as k because of it's forein language writing system. if you write 김택용 in english then it is kim taek yong, but in korea people pronounce it gim taek yong. i dont understand why the system is working like this.

anyway im new to here, and if you have any question about korean or starcraft, then feel free to ask.

nice to meet you and is my english good or not? im not confident with my english, im just stydying it h;;;;

see you
jung k buk k
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-21 02:17:52
June 21 2009 02:05 GMT
#100
ㄱ is half g, half k (and depending on the word or situation or where the letter is located in the word it can shift from more G-ish or to more K-ish)

not many white people can do it properly all the time

i can though
why so 진지해?
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