5 Must-know Shopping Phrases

[@beachboyo05]

I'm enjoying your content!

[@Kloveer_333]

Thank you so much for making this video. 😊🎉

[@AliHenshaw]

I think 입어 봐도 돼요? is my new favourite sounding phrase. 😊

[@korean.studio1]

It's very rhythmical 😜

[@sarahpitwell]

There are so many clothes and shoe shops in the underground markets and near the stations but the prices are so good we did not want to ask for any discounts 😊

[@korean.studio1]

That's true. It's actually quite cheap in the underground shops.

[@lucascandelli]

thank you for confirming my old suspect, that koreans do not actually say [bwa] but rather [ba]. I struggled to hear that w, but it was not there!

[@korean.studio1]

W sound weakening is very common, especially when the vowel is not used with 'ㅇ'.

[@lucascandelli]

@@korean.studio1 would you go further with an example with ㅇ ?

[@korean.studio1]

So if the vowels ㅘ, ㅝ, ㅟ, ㅙ, ㅞ, ㅚ are used with 'ㅇ', then we do pronounce the W sound very clearly. However, if these vowels are used with other consonants, then the W sound weakens. With certain consonants, you can barely hear the W sound, such as 봐, but with other consonants, you can still hear the W sound quite well, such as 화, and 과. So the W sound weakening varies depending on the consonant used. Hope that makes sense. :)