Learn Korean - Lesson 2.1 : Pronunciation

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If you have trouble distinguish between certain consonants and vowels, you should watch this video before going to the main Lesson.
00:30 Vowel (ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅡ, ㅜ)
10:44 Consonant (ㄱ,ㅋ,ㄲ)
36:12 Consonant (ㄹ)
38:55 The Principle of 7 Final Sounds
48:49 Korean Syllable
50:34 Breath Groups
51:33 Korean Pronunciation Rules
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[@laurareed2662]

This guy's casual conversation is honestly the best thing I've stumbled upon within a lesson. " please don't tell me you kiss differently " 😂

[@charitywong9598]

My favorite part is "Well it doesn't really sound like D sound but we don't have a choice", this guy is seriously funny in a way he doesn't realize and I think he puts in many effort. I pay for actual korean in person tutorials, and most of the time my teacher just say, THERE IS NO REASON, JUST KNOW it..Koreans are funny

[@purple3746]

+Charity Wong I'll take that as a compliment. Thank you. : ))

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

Lol same, my Korean friends say “I don’t know why I just know that it is the way it is’

[@ally4real07]

"this drawing i love it" lmao love this guy

[@purple3746]

Thanks a lot! : )

[@sweetstuff9985]

ㄱ doesn’t even try ㅋ actually tries ㄲ tries too hard I think this helps telling the difference. That’s how I see it😂😂

[@Biss-hj8xc]

😂😂😂😂

[@fireeeflybts228]

ㄱ=g,ㅋis like kh with air,ㄲis clear k sound...

[@gnez6460]

@@fireeeflybts228 isnt ㄲ=g 🤔

[@fireeeflybts228]

@@gnez6460 for native English speaker ㄱ=k but without air, ㅋ-is with air,ㄲ=somehow like g

[@fireeeflybts228]

@@gnez6460 it's bcoz I am Indian that's why..our alphabet have these three consonant except ㅋ...even we have all the sounds excepts"eu"

[@decakjeisaozasuncem8843]

one huge thing that will help you to learn how to pronounce korean letters is that this video have very high quality sound,everything is just clear and loud enough which is not the case when you listening videos from some other korean teachers here on yt

[@aishanana5925]

I was practicing and kept going AH. AH. AH. AH. when he said stop that.

[@user-qb4ke6gm5b]

ana abdulka me too omg

[@MMIICCOO]

Lol

[@user-jn2ho1bx4v]

Hahahha! I can only imagine the weird face made saying that🤣

[@kendaru8755]

YOU MADE ㄹ SO EASY FOR ME WITH THE BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS THANKS!

[@purple3746]

+Im JaeBummie So glad you liked it! : D

[@ssourdiezel]

What if they replied with your new name

[@joannelopez8809]

Your side comments are funny..keep them coming. I like the use of the lips drawing...it's very helpful. This video has helped me tremendously because I have had such trouble with these vowels!

[@purple3746]

I am glad the most when our learners find it funny. Thank you very much. Hope you keep studying with us! : )

[@nothumanlol]

I have to say this is the best Korean pronunciation tutorial ever!

[@purple3746]

Thank you so much! : D

[@thatnamjinkissthough6835]

"but you don't have to know that" "don't worry about it" "it doesn't really matter" lmao omg I love this guy hahahah

[@fadiaramosikram3544]

I never stumble upon a korean language toturial thats so amusing 😂 i did this cause i love bts but now im loving this guy 😂😂 his sense of humour is really something

[@purple3746]

Happy to hear that! Thank you so much for your comment! : )

[@bluvs_tae]

I memorized all the hangul alphabet but i suck at pronouncing it 😣 it makes me feel unmotivated to keep learning this beautiful language 😭

[@jess0219]

You're not alone! 😟

[@fireeeflybts228]

ㄱ=similar to k/g in english...ㅋ=also kh bt with air...ㄲ=clear word in as k in kindergarden..my opinion

[@itsjustmin]

just remind urself why u started learning it in the first place!!!

[@panickedjerzeegrl7622]

Same!

[@jeab162]

for a Filipino speaker with only 5 vowels a, e, i, o, u in our alphabet, learning another language is really challenging! but your videos helped a lot! Thank you!

[@purple3746]

So glad our video actually helped you! : ) Thank you for your comment!

[@Cytienne]

jeab162 Buti nalang nakakita narin ako ng Pilipino na umamin na Pilipino sya!!! Pero madali lang yung "a e i o u" nila po yung noh? Parang sa atin lang

[@knbalite]

you are hilarious.. makes things not boring..

[@purple3746]

Thank you. I'm happy the most when learners found our lessons funny.

[@magickshoppe8272]

It was extremely long-winded, but your explanation of ㄱ and ㄲ pronunciation differences is literally the best I've found so far. The "ch" in "school" was such an easy way to train my brain into practicing the phonetics. Thank you! 감삼니다

[@santhoshrider7348]

17:30 This general rule matches with the Tamil language 🇮🇳🇱🇰🇲🇾🇸🇬🇸🇨 Ex: கூகை. Its Literal letter to letter transliteration: Kookai. But pronounced as "Koogai". This makes the Tamil-Korean bond much stronger.

[@KimmimaruSai]

omg...........the part about e vs. ae changed my life. thank you so much.

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! : ) Glad to hear that.

[@d_hs]

When you pronounce ㅜ you purse your lips as if you are kissing someone, “or please don’t tell me you kiss differently 😜 omg this guy is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 “ seems like this guy kisses innocently “ lol ㅋㅋㅋ

[@renm4779]

You just blew my mind when you made me realize I pronounce school “skgool” instead of “skhool”

[@chakhikhoisia9510]

When you are an Indian and you realize learning Hindi script never had helped so much as understanding the sound differences in this video.

[@JoobieLoobieSoobie]

I just had a breakthrough! I watched the part about yin and yang for the third time, and finally understand what you mean by certain vowels being "opposites". I did what you said and imagined 아 as a sound I was pushing out of my throat. Then I started with the exact same sound, but with a smaller mouth, and I imagined "pulling it back into my throat" instead of pushing it out. It came out as a perfect 어 sound! I have been struggling with 어 for awhile. I was sounding like "aw" until now. Thank you!

[@nadegdaaksenova7790]

Loved it. Even for me it was clear. Very clear and pure pronunciation. Thank you for your work:)

[@purple3746]

Thank you so much for your comment! : )

[@meowza970]

To me ㄱ sounds like g and k together and ㅋ sounds like k with more air and pressure and ㄲ sounds more like g than ㄱ.

[@umeshrai2199]

One thing is i have never seen such a brief video really your teaching level is another level sansengnim

[@Zydico]

Thank you! As a Korean who attended only American schools, I was good enough to read and speak most Korean, but I always had a really hard time distinguishing between ㅜ and ㅡ, and ㅔ and ㅐ. Thanks!

[@purple3746]

You're welcome! It would be the best thing that can happen to us helping Koreans who live abroad. So glad. : )

[@splittydev]

I feel like as a native German speaker this is quite a bit easier since we have ü (roughly ㅡ) and ä (roughly ㅔ/ㅐ), and in the specific Dialect I grew up with we have ò (roughly ㅓ). Great lessons, thanks a lot! Your videos are amazingly well done

[@hongsonjc]

Great guide! Your instruction is very easy to understand. Thanks so much!

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Hope you keep studying with us! : )

[@LadyMonarch1317]

Your name😂

[@ailov3]

Thanks you solve the mystery to me that is not explained when I watch other lessons ....

[@purple3746]

So happy to hear that! : ) If you have any question, please feel free to ask us.

[@jaypong1015]

I literally came to your videos 3 years ago to learn Hangul and now im back to fix my pronunciation.

[@minyanchristinalu8344]

The incomplete way of pronouncing the final sound is actually very similar to Cantonese. But our final block never influence the next in standard pronunciation. Also the way that Korean's seperating the syllable sounds like Japanes. Korean inserts a different vowel though.

[@purple3746]

Thank you so much for your insight! : )

[@aje3918]

I've been struggling to learn Korean for a while now because I couldn't distinguish all of the sounds in the Korean alphabet. Learning Japanese was way easier for me because I could distinguish the sounds perfectly. Thanks to this channel, I'll be able to learn Korean.감사합니다!!

[@elisan685]

thank you so much for putting all this effort into making this video. the complete breakdown of the mouth shape, the placement of the tongue and the amount of air is EXACTLY what i needed. you did an amazing job!

[@fenilli]

I think its good that im brazilian trying to learn korean, its easier for us to be able to "copy" sounds from other languages because we have a lot of sounds on the language itself.

[@purple3746]

Yes, it is very true. When your mother tongue splits up into many different sounds, it is easy for you to learn other languages.

[@fenilli]

Hyungseok Song just a question, i saw that you're spliting the course into 3 stages on lesson 3. but stage one was supposed to have 10 lessons as the same as stage 2 and 3 but it only goes to 8 and theres not a stage 2 and 3? so this is kinda a "teaser" for the lessons on your website?

[@purple3746]

The videos uploaded on KZbin are more than just a 'teaser' because those are 30 min to 1 hour length of videos. : )) Each Lesson on our website normally consists of 4 to 6 parts. We upload one-part length of the video on KZbin, it's not exactly part 1 though, for every each Lesson. Yes, each stage will have about 10 lessons. That was our initial plan. Now we are building Lesson 8 (part 4) which will be uploaded very soon on our website. Yes, we are still building the materials for Stage 1. But, it will soon be finished. After you finish Stage 1, you will understand how Korean language works and be able to make a simple conversation and become intermediate level. We cannot promise we will start building Stage 2 soon because we've decided to focus more on personal tutoring for the beginners. : )

[@fenilli]

Hyungseok Song ty for the answer, i'll keep studying and see if im able to get better at it. ty

[@Jinnie734]

Thank you very much for making this video it really helps me a lot to learn korean language specially how to read hanguel being self study I always watch your video for how many times until I master the lesson.😊 God bless you more🙏❤️

[@lilihajek1990]

Man, this is one of the coolest pronunciation guide I’ve ever seen. Way to go! Kudos!

[@jnpgn4039]

Clearest explanation I've seen yet! Thank you

[@ikulata3408]

Omg!!! "ㅆ" was the hardest thing for me. I didn't even distinguish the differences between "ㅅ" and "ㅆ" and now I can hear the difference after "sorry" example. You are amazing! Thanks 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@jieshn3441]

everything is so much clearer now. the best video I found today. THANK YOU!!!!

[@patchepark7611]

Im studying korean language by myself, this video is very helpful and useful to me. thank you

[@purple3746]

You're welcome! Hope you keep studying with us!

[@ayme5868]

i jhope that bts will recognise the effort i am putting in

[@ClNNABON03]

Cre8able Suga better thank me for this too. 😂😂

[@mirfalltkeinnameein9181]

For me its a bit easier cause my bias is Rapmon soin worst case i could talk with him in english. There're only 2 problems... 1: I'm german and live in Europe so the chance that i ever meet him isn't thaaaat big (But never giving up...) and 2: if i met him i would still be way to nervous to talk to him. Neigher in german nor in english or korean... -.-

[@naritruwireve1381]

Aren't you kinda learning the language for no reason if it's just for a kpop group or something?(I want you guys to disagree cause I'm doing the same, c'mon ppl)

[@mirfalltkeinnameein9181]

Juicy Pear no we don't learn it for no reason. 1: understanding a person in his/her language should be reason enough to learn it 2: it's fun to walk through my city and be able to pronounce the names of korean restaurants 3: why should we not learn a foreign language. We're forced to learn frensh, spanish, english, german (whereever you live) in school so why should i not learn a language that i'm interested in? 4: (a personal reason) i like the korean language. I admit i have been dealing with this topic through kpop as many others did, however, i like this respect in this language. It can be very formal and it's so different from german or english.

[@hiitsme1130]

Cre8able when he was talking about o I thought about hobi saying oooo

[@VenusVisions1010]

I loved the "isn't that cute" with the first vowel....😂 Such an informative lesson, thank you teacher 😊

[@armyaji9713]

감사합니다 선생님 it's very useful. From India 🇮🇳 past two days, i have learned all ur lessons it's really very useful. 정말 감사합니다.

[@shantinair1576]

Thank u. Very informative and helpful.

[@marissamelvin5714]

You are now my favorite Korean teacher.

[@user-jn2ho1bx4v]

I went through several channels and ended up here. I enjoyed the way you teach the language, with a squeeze of humor everytime!😜 I appreciate that you incorporate english phonetics which made it easier for us to distinguish the sound production, despite the difference. Youre awesome! 🙌🏼 and im excited to become conversational 😜🤸‍♀️ Keep up the good work!💕

[@umeshrai2199]

I was just confuse on the ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ ㅈ ㅊ now i undertand 🎉 thank you so much 저는 네팔 사람 입니다.저는 한국에서 일을 하려고 열심히 공부하고 있습니다.

[@irene4397]

This is the most helpful video i've ever watched about this topic

[@xxbreebee97xx86]

I had trouble figuring out the difference between ㅓ and ㅡ because every korean ive talked to has pronounced them similarily. This video really helped me. Thanks!

[@user-qb4ke6gm5b]

당신은 정말 천재에요 ! Haha 고마워요!

[@letiisantana]

I struggle so much with the ㄹ sound. Theses drawings help A LOT. Thank you :)

[@vivianbenedetto3725]

THIS IS THE BEST CLASS I'VE WATCHED!!!! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!

[@purple3746]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it. : )

[@wrldtrvlr4vr]

Please make more videos! So helpful.

[@kookiemochi4848]

oh my god this was so helpful and made so much sense. The drawing of mouths really help

[@AmiAki]

15:00 The whole voiceless and voiced sound for ㄱ literally saved me. I get told by teachers it’s like ‘g’ when I pronounce certain words and other times I get told I’m saying it wrong and it’s a ‘k’ sound. I’m like this is so confusing just so I end up doing an in-between sound. But your video really helped me understand more.

[@rezteannjuarez1836]

This is what I'm looking for! Thank you so much 😭

[@judy4921]

Love this lesson

[@musicgoodvibes574]

Awesome teacher 💜

[@janey6921]

This was the most helpful video I’ve found to help and I understand the pronunciation. I still struggle with ㅓAnd ㅏ I feel like they sound similar.

[@morgane9306]

Thank you so much for your help. I was stuck with 끄다 / 크다 / 그다 ♥️and the air things really helped me 😊

[@nikitasikorska4625]

This is actually the best explanation and set of lessons out there for learning Korean. You make everything so clear and it's helped me tons so thank you so so much. My native language is polish and I'm fluent in that and English so pronunciation isn't too hard for me as English and Polish already have totally different ways of pronouncing things.

[@purple3746]

That's actually good for you. People who have more segments of the sound in their native languages tend to learn the Korean pronunciation easy. You know both Polish and English that are totally different. Therefore, it must be easier for you to learn Korean pronunciation. : ) Thank you for your comment!

[@dr.gm.jimmyr.jagtiani5608]

I like your lesson, it is very impressive.

[@ccbdbla]

These videos are great! They are absolutely the best and I have so much fun with them, thank you!! Muchas gracias!

[@purple3746]

You're welcome and thank you so much for your comment! Really appreciate it! We will always do our best to make better materials for our learners. : )

[@manjistharawat9144]

You are life saver...... thanks a lot 😀😀😀😀😀

[@sheralyynoneil]

I love all your videos so much!!! they have helped me understand hangul and kept me entertained, at the same time. I was afraid because of the length of the video I would get bored (like I have with other videos) but the way you explain and makes jokes at the same time, I cant stop watching them. thank you for making learning hangul fun :)

[@purple3746]

+Sheralynn Oneil You are welcome! glad to hear that you liked it!

[@theConnieAurora]

Why are you not monetizing these videos? I've never got an ad on your videos I think (and I come back regularly). You could put one at the end of the video at least. I don't think people would mind as these are helpful in-depht lessons!

[@Ashaphim107]

Thank you for actually going in depth into the phonetics!!! Nice to have the humour too x]

[@NickleMAMA]

really love your videos, you make it really much easier to understand and it is fun!

[@purple3746]

+N ZS Thank you so much for your comment! It is really encouraging! : )

[@miraonaquest]

This is so helpful! I was looking for videos that taught in what position your mouth should be and found none until I found your videos! Thank you so much!

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Glad we have something you were looking for. : ) Hope you keep studying with us. : )

[@hazelsimpson3551]

The drawings really helped me improve my pronunciation, thank you!

[@purple3746]

+Hazel Simpson : )) You're welcome! So glad to hear that they are actually helpful. : ))

[@kellyramsay4896]

I love your videos! so helpfull!

[@manjistharawat9144]

I don't know how to thank you enough..... a blessing, this video 😊😊

[@purple3746]

Happy to hear that. Hope you keep studying Korean with us. : )

[@Vallyy77]

Questa lezione è veramente illuminante. Ad ogni modo, mi accorgo che per un italiano è molto più semplice imparare il coreano rispetto ad un inglese. Le lettere ㄱ ㄹ ㅅ sono molto simili alla pronuncia italiana. Provengo da una scuola in cui la mia maestra ci faceva ripetere l'alfabeto, non col modello attuale (a, bi, ci, di etc...) ma solo i suoni (a, b, c, d etc) che sono uguali al suono coreano in realtà. Per le pronunce di alcune lettere comparate all'italiano che all'inglese, sono molto più semplici d'apprendere. Ad esempio la lettera ㅈ semplicemente ha il suono di "giu" come giullare. La lettera ㅅ ha il suono della "S dolce" (soft) come Serpente e la lettera ㅆ ha il suono della "S dura" (hard) come Sasso. I suoni escono uguali al suono coreano.

[@SleeplessinOC]

선생님 you are so funny !! I'm dying here from your sense of humor !!

[@purple3746]

Thank you. : )) I am happy the most when the learners my lessons are funny. : 0

[@phoebemusico9140]

Hyungseok Song , this is very clear!

[@aidahoe2946]

Hyungseok song you are so good at teaching! I love you now

[@purple3746]

Glad you like this lesson too. Hope you keep studying with us. : )

[@tinaarnold6974]

Really good details 👍 Thanks for the extras.The English water verse wad er was a perfect a ha moment in connecting the dots of this really amazing Language.

[@tobbnadj6737]

Thnx,you are the only one who helped me

[@sarahvlogg]

Yay this was so helpful!

[@alexia3552]

Thanks, I learned a lot!

[@xXxACX2xXx]

Omg your explanation for eu was so helpful thank you

[@ahlemTunisienne]

really useful lesson thank you

[@purple3746]

+ahlemTunisienne glad to hear that. Thank you for your comment! : )

[@user-yg7kc9jl2v]

This is really amazingly educational and interesting.with a touch of humour.thank you..

[@purple3746]

Thank YOU so much! : )

[@user-fz3xq6wi3l]

Thank you very much!

[@MakeupWithBelleV]

by far the best video ive watched.it was easy to understand... I was going to take Korean language classe at college this semester but they werent offering it. ); so thank you !

[@purple3746]

Thank you so much for your comment! We have personal tutoring session too. If you are interested, please come visit our website and send us a message through 'Contact Us' menu. : )

[@kookiemochi4848]

this is way easier then i thought, the fact that the groups of consonants all have to same rules made it really easy to remember. However if a word has three blocks would the third block also have the same sound as the second? Or, arent there any words that do this.

[@bobhu2434]

loving your work! Thank you!

[@purple3746]

Glad you like it! Thank you for your comment!

[@shoryuus]

you guys are amazing! I can finally hear the difference between ㄱ ㅋ and ㄱㄱ and then ㄷ ㅌ and ㄷㄷ. when you were pronouncing meat and tea ceremony everything suddenly made sense. Thank you so much!!!

[@purple3746]

It's so great to hear that. : ))

[@redhatkorean2284]

I like your video. SUBSCRIBED. 구독했어요

[@pkhuu]

for the longest time I was unable to pronounce ㅈ, ㄷ, and ㄹ, thank you so much for this video!!!

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Hope you keep studying Korean! : )

[@fatimazahraattar654]

Oh my god ... fiiiiinallyyyy thnk you sooo much .. i'm bery thankful for finding your channel .. thnk you

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Happy to see you like our videos! : )

[@olivergrey6878]

I’ve learned hangeul a long time ago but my pronunciation has never been good. You explained it better than any teacher I’ve ever had! You’re also very funny, so thank you

[@purple3746]

You're welcome and thank you so much for your comment! Glad to hear that our video actually helped you learn Korean. : )

[@ladie574]

you are an amazing teacher. I am brazilian and i have been learned Korean gratefully thanks to you. Please keep posting videos for free because the majority of korean curses here in Brazil are really expensive and not everyone can afford it. Thank you so much for post it and being and lovely and patient teacher.

[@purple3746]

+Lohanne Oliveira Thank you so much for your comment. Sorry that we couldn't upload the entire videos here. Whenever you have any question, please come visit our website and send us a message though. We will be happy to help you study Korean. : )

[@alyaniali6829]

Good tips

[@anisharoy5209]

This really helped me a lot. thank you.

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Happy to help you. : )

[@lyuba8250]

Thank you so much! It helped me a lot! :)

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Glad to hear that we actually helped you study Korean. : )

[@moominrenjuni126]

I really like this there was a lot of apps that I used to help me but his way of dumbing it down for me is awesome

[@purple3746]

So glad to hear that. Hope you keep studying Korean. : )

[@brentdirks702]

저는 'ㄹ'의 발음은 오랫동안 틀려서 현재은 우울 중이지만 이 설명은 도움이 됐네요. 감사합니다.

[@xephani76]

That's very cute, keep it coming!

[@sm-uq9cr]

Very good work, thank you.

[@purple3746]

You are welcome! Thank you for your comment! : )

[@user-yy2xp4he3u]

You help me alot there💞 But gosh this is much complicated than i thought