koreanfromdummies:I wanna say this isn’t super important for beginners, but is meant as a cl
koreanfromdummies: I wanna say this isn’t super important for beginners, but is meant as a clarification if you have been confused, if you’re intermediate this is something you should start taking into consideration. Now you’re the king of hangeul, you know that ㄴ is n and that ㅇ kan be both silent or ng, and not only that but you can build a block in your sleep. Damn, you’re good! So good, you might even have started to read the lyrics to that awesome song you’re always listening to so you can kill it instead of butchering it. And that’s when you get confused - suddenly the letters don’t sound how you’ve learned at all.But there’s method to the madness! Because there is this thing called consonant assimilation, that happens when the last consonant in a block is followed by ㅁ or ㄴ in the next, and honestly I’ve been content just knowing that thus far. Korean basically has this rule; that if it’s difficult to pronounce it’s wrong. That doesn’t mean that some of the news sounds you’re learning won’t feel funny in your mouth, but it means you shouldn’t have to chop up words to get through them. Notice! This change is only for speaking, when writing you do not change the letters. E.g. 국민 is pronounced gungmin but spelled gukmin. So it’s never 궁민 always 국민 .Enough talk, here is the evidence! ㄱ+ㅁ -> ㄱ=ㅇ국민 isn’t gukmin but gungmin ㄱ+ㄴ -> ㄱ=ㅇ 작년 isn’t jaknyeon but jangnyeonㅅ+ㅁ -> ㅅ=ㅁ잇몸 isn’t ismom but immomㄷ+ㄴ -> ㄷ=ㄴ 믿는다 isn’t midneunda but minneunda ㅂ+ㄴ -> ㅂ=ㅁ So 합니다 isn’t habnida but hamnidaㅂ+ㅁ -> ㅂ=ㅁ밥 먹다 isn’t bab meokda but bam meokda*ㅄ+ㄴ-> ㅄ=ㅁ없나요 isn’t eobsna but eomna** *밥 먹다 is actually two words, but they’re so closely connected they’ll do the assimilation anyways. It’s not usually a process that happens between all words. If you’re unsure about two words being connected or not don’t do the assimilation. **With ㅄ and ㄳ theㅅ disappears and the letter that actually transforms is ㅂ, this is why it’s not up in the blue with ㅅ and ㅆ. (For ittda/isseo go here) -- source link