Why ㅅ sometimes sounds like "t" instead of "s"

[@-calicocat-9692]

I mean come on 옷 is such a cute word... it looks like a little man! Hahah easy to remember... a little human has clothes

[@hsp9931]

I just noticed after this comment and now I can't unsee it but I'm not complaining

[@bluedays6794]

But don’t be mistaken by 웃 to laugh or smile

[@world7033]

I also thought that about 웃 like in 웃다 which means to laugh or smile. I always think of a smiling person. This is probably just me

[@darkalligraph]

I gave it a little walking stick in Arabic :) 읏م

[@world7033]

@@darkalligraph Great idea, that's sort of adorable! I will say though, in my mind it looks like a golf club!😂

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

The way you broke this down was incredible.

[@yuchendeng9814]

Honestly, incredibly useful

[@laurfromthegrove]

I needed this one!

[@Kristen70364]

I just realized that learning Korean is gonna be harder than I thought, and I already didn't think it would be easy. 😅

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할 수 있어요. 힘내요. You got this!

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If korean babies can learn a language as hard as Korean you too sure can

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@@cinnamoroll Japanese and Chinese is way harder

[@JaxXgotGame]

I am sure Korean people think that English is difficult.

[@PiroMunkie]

When teaching Korean students I noticed that there is a particular way of speaking in Korean that really influences the way they speak English. That is, the way sounds like ㅂ ㄷ ㄱ have a slightly aspirated sound if they're at the beginning of a word, but are unaspirated if they're in the middle of a word. For example, 바보 can sound like "pabo" to an English speaker. And before Hangeul/English translations were normalized, 부산 was written in English as "Pusan." I notice this a lot when playing games like Hangman with my students. If they say B or D, or say 그 when they are trying to say G, to me it often sounds a lot like they're saying or and I usually have to clarify by writing it on the board first. I don't know if you've ever done a video on this topic, but I think it would be an interesting one to cover as the differences in sounds depending on where it is in the word can make it a little confusing to learners of Korean. And for native speakers of Korean, they may not even realize they do it, lol.

[@Assassunn]

I thought it was at the beginning of a sentence, not of every words

[@zataraeun7967]

I agree, Their ㄱ G is sounds like K Their ㅂ B/P sounds like P which is also ㅍ The ㄷ D sounds like T which is also ㅌ I'm am so much confused about these letters sound.

[@jungha265]

I’m more confused if I should use R or L for ㄹ

[@Kara_Pabuc]

Well... Stop using romanizations. The sounds are not the same.

[@justcleanbangtan2727]

보산? i thought it was 부산

[@mrflip-flop3198]

I was really confused at first because I'm learning Korean through this app with a Korean TTS system and when it says "이것", it pronounced it as "i-goet" but when I add the "은", it pronounced it as "i-goeseun". So this really helped me with the confusion.

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[@jupamoers]

Thanks, Hyunwoo. that's very helpful :) So when a word ends with ㅅ or is followed by a consonant it's a T. And when ㅅ is followed by a vowel, it becomes S

[@Shadowthevampire]

THANK YOU for clearing that up ❤

[@Shadowthevampire]

Do you think it's the same rule for ㅂ(P/B) ㄹ(R/L) and ㄷ(D/T)?

[@alima4632]

a to the g to the u to the ㅅ ㅅ d Sorry that was bad I’ll go

[@hanoott_]

Amelia Arévalo I unintentionall gave this face 🙄 HAHAH BUT IT WAS FUNNY

[@ros.an.]

omgg that's acc good 😂😂

[@Andromeda-mz1qk]

Lmaoooooo

[@premierjeune725]

I don't get it but I want to get it. Can someone kindly explain? Haha.

[@verine6977]

@@premierjeune725 in the song 'agust d', yoongi says 'a to the g to the u to the s, t, d'. this video is about the consonant ㅅ sounding like both s and t, which are letters said in the song

[@JacquelineSzeto]

Also important to note that when followed by ㅣ, ㅅ becomes ‘sh’ as s and sh are allophones in korean:)

[@PaulCHa]

I was surprised he didn’t explain the SH sound.

[@ShelleyM007]

Aah, more useful info.Thank you!!

[@zamahsays7888]

I just came from a duolingo lesson and was SO confused about this. And duolingo doesnt explain... i just came to youtube to look for a korean kid show i can watch to help me with my studies. And this video was on top of my home page. Lol HOW IRONIC! just what i needed. Thanks for explaining 💜

[@cIoudyy]

Yeah- Duolingo focuses on romanization. Romanization sucks when learning a language that doesn’t have Roman letters.

[@sunnydays2948]

영어공부를 위해 현우샘 영어랑 발음 따라하려고 ttmik 자주 듣고 있어요. 들을수록 한국어를 외국인들에게 가르키는 일을 하시는 분들 정말 대단하신것 같아요. 외국어로서의 한국말 ㅎ 진짜 어려운듯. 어려운 일에 앞장서 주셔서 감사합니다. 👏👏👏 I am korean and here to learn English from 현우샘's English. I found you learners all so passionate about learning Korean. Impressive. Good luck to you. Korean as a forgien language sounds so complicated. I am lucky cause I don't need to learn Korean. Lol.

[@juls8242]

I've always wonderd why ㅅ ㅈ and ㅊ had a [t] sound...! And it's nice, because I also understood why consonants are "deaf" consonants in Korean when they're at the end of a syllable. ^^ It's all because of that "unfinished/unopened" sound rule. Very instructive, thank you!

[@JChang-kn6mx]

And also ㄷ, ㅌ and ㅎ

[@juls8242]

J. Chang Yeah ㄷ and ㅌ, of course ^^ and ㅎ too? I forgot that! :o Thanks for adding this information!

[@JChang-kn6mx]

@@juls8242 no problem but ㅎ with ㄷ, ㄱ, ㅂ or ㅈ changes it

[@juls8242]

J. Chang What do you mean?

[@JChang-kn6mx]

@@juls8242 sorry i was in a rush before i couldnt answer it fuply. Basically, the ㅎ is just breath and air right? So for example, 이렇게(mean like this or in this way) is romanised as [i-reot-ge] for each syllable but together it is [ireoke]. This is because the nornal unaspirated, nonbreathy consanant ㄱ is influenced by the ㅎ before it, since ㅎ is breathiness, ㄱ[g] turns into a ㅋ[k] sound. Same thing with some other consanants: 대답하다(means to respond or reply) [dae-dab-ha-da] together is pronounced [daedapada]. The ㅂ and ㅎ are combined to make a ㅍ sound. 좋다 (means to like or to be good) [joh-da]/[jot-da] is pronounced like jot-ta/졷타

[@amaral.e]

And here I thought I would be just reviewing, when I actually learned things: 1- 받침 comes from the verb 받치다 😳 2- The pronunciation of ㅅ when there's an empty space! 다시 한번 감사합니다 선생님!

[@cbmaine]

Good explanation; really helped me understand!! Hope you guys also do the other confusing letters such as ㄱ - "g" or "k" ㄷ - "d" or "t" ㄹ - "l" or "r"

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This is why I have these books. I would not be as far into learning Korean without these videos and books.

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[@crystalweber5520]

I watched this video and it actually gave me hope of understanding why the 't' sound happens so often at the end with so many different characters. I'd say the comments that blew my mind and opened up my understanding was @04:28: "In English...with a word like P-O-P, pop, you open you mouth at the end to make that 'peh' sound." I practiced this and yes...it happened and I never realized it, and then @04:52: "But in Korean...you just don't open the mouth until you know what vowel or what consonant is coming next. That's the general tendency...you don't know what's coming next, so you just keep your mouth closed...as a coincidence it sounds like 'O-T' or 'O-D'." 🤯 So it's not that it's a 'T/D' sound, it's that nothing follows it, which stops the sound...THUS MAKING IT SOUND LIKE 'T/D'!! If something does follow, then it resumes the 'sss' sound since it can flow into something else. Forever changed, forever grateful.

[@_oli_4]

That is why, in Korean grammar, the 받침 ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ is marked as /ㄷ/. 옷 [옫], 꽃 [꼳], 젖 [젇]

[@theophiluskoay5905]

so means if there is a consonant at last position of a syllable and it is on its own , we just read as "t " right ?

[@merlinalexander1698]

This was always a HUGE confusion for me. Thank you for explaining in detail!!!

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I tried a bunch of programs to learn Korean and never got terribly far in them. Then I found Talk to Me in Korean through this video. I just finished Level 1 on the website and am starting Level 2. This team gives the best explanations and examples out there!

[@ahmed38247]

0:55 Pronounciation of "ㅅ" That looked like an angry face lmao

[@BiblicalGrowthMindset]

TTMIK is amazing. Anytime I click on a video I learn something new, even if i thought it would just be review of something I already learned.

[@niloofarsamei2324]

Hi, thank you for the video, that was helpful. Please make a video and explain about ㄹ sound. It's difficult to pronunciation, and I also can't understand when it sounds like L or R in korean words. Thank you.

[@zamahsays7888]

If you guys make a video on this, plz also explain why its "silent" for some word e.g. 밝 = bak? How come?

[@jihaeugh]

I had looked up so many things on 받침 and never understood it; this video made it click for me. Thank you so so so much!

[@KisaTheGamerCat]

After studying Korean for a few months now, I was guessing that when it came at the end of a word it had a t sound but I couldn't find anything online when I googled it, so thank you so much for this video!

[@demetria405]

감사합니다 선생님!!! This was really helpful! Can we have more videos like this?! I also noticed there are a lot of Konglish words

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Thank you...talk to me in korean...i learned a lot..

[@aricm5973]

Off topic but you have quite a contagious smile 😄

[@jcmew]

I’ve been using your app for a few months now and it’s cool to be able to put a face to the voice. Hi Hyunwoo!

[@kjnightbird1772]

The word "Ot" sounds like something dripping. Ot, ot, ot. 😄

[@esgi181]

ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅇ These are the only 7 consonats that can be pronounced as 받침. When consonants other than these come, it is replaced while being pronounced. For exmple, 옷 is pronounced 옫, 짚(straw)=집, 부엌(kitchen)=부억 ㅅ, ㅍ, ㅋ replaced by the one that has same articulation place among 7 consonants. I learned this simple rule at school and never wondered why this happens. This video gave me nice explanation! Thx

[@WorkingoutLimyoojeong]

This video is about the final consonant which is 'bat chim' ㅅ ! It is so interesting that [S] is its orginal sound but ㅅ becomes 'bat chim' then sound is also changed [T] 🤩 This video is so clear!

[@wpyeoh]

That's interesting, thank you! I just casually learned the Korean alphabet, and did wonder about why the English word "out" was spelled the way it was. Glad to find out!

[@Aura_Rose90]

This was absolutely excellent!!!! Exaaaaactly what I needed and explained so well, much appreciated

[@artemiss9230]

Wow! My mind is blown! Such a useful lesson! I knew about 받침 before this, but never new the reason why the pronounciation changes! 감사합니다 선생님!

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Just what I was looking for last night 👍🏻

[@euniciapingcas380]

Thank you for this explanation ❤️ I'm so confused for so long about "굿 모닝" is pronounce as "gus morning" but actually it's "gud morning"

[@eerye70]

I have been studying Korean on my own, home study for a bit now and have been very frustrated in trying to figure out why some letters are pronounced differently at different times. this was very helpful! thank you so much!

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"수박" 말 하면 행복한 눈빛 너무 귀여워요 서생님 ㅋㅋ 저도 수박을 좋아요

[@mdv8499]

The best korean teacher in this whole wide world :D 감사합니다!

[@mariapizzaa]

Wow.....learning about not opening my mouth at the end of a syllable opened up the world pronounciation so much to me!

[@starhypen2415]

I had that question recently and I'm glat it showed up in my recommendations. Thank you Hyunwoo!! That was really helpful.

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This was so helpful!!! This channel makes it so much fun to learn Thank you 😭🙏

[@Hisxzeh]

5:52 I think it’s best to learn each language like its own thing without depending too much, but in French there’s a similar thing! It’s called Liaison, the difference between: je suis Lucille (je sui Lucille) and je suis Anna (je suisanna). Thanks TTMIK for the great lessons!

[@moodycat12]

That was so clear, thanks for your efforts :)

[@lq.bleach1230]

This was super helpful, easy to understand explanation. Thank you so much :)

[@dityshwartz7221]

In hebrew we have this letter-'ת' it called TUF, and it can make also both of the sounds - T and S!!

[@ADeeSHUPA]

dity shwartz Just Like ث in EGYPtian ARaBic

[@ana.t6092]

I've been so confused in this. where to use correct pronunciation.. Thank you so so much. This is very useful and clear cut

[@nazaG_89]

I'm learning korean through apps and you always talks about topics that are confusing to me like this... so it's really helpful!. Sometimes i got all way confused because im spanish and the sounds and tips are designed for english speakers to learn but well it's just a matter to get used.

[@enicole1203]

Thank you! I was grasping _how_ to use the batchim rules but I had no idea _why_ it was like that. This helped a lot!

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The more you know. Great explanation.

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Thank you very much, your explanations are always so helpful !

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Best explanation ever 역시 현우 쌤 최고예요 🙌 설명해줘서 감사합니다

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Thank you for eliminating my confusion about this! You're an awesome teacher 😁👍

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Aah. My problem totally and perfectly solved! I watched, "Sweet Stranger & Me," and couldn't quite catch the first part of the Korean word for "stepfather." 'Korean Google Translate' and 'Word Hippo' confused me even more. NOW I understand why. Thank you so much for the clarification!🌹

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this is extremely helpful!! i was just thinking about this, thank you for the wonderful video!

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Thank the heavens!! This blew my mind. It made so much sense and was very clear. Thank you for such practical teaching. This has been hardest part about reading Korean. Now I think I will improve.

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Omg I was searching for this video for decades!!

[@RachelMargison]

Ahhh as an Australian, this is so much easier to understand and do since our accent doesn't usually pronounce consonants at the end of our words. Super helpful!

[@KirkKiyosadaTome]

Super clear! Thanks, Hyunwoo!

[@warriorofegypt1]

really helpful , when i learned the numbers i really asked myself why s sound here like t , now i totally understand , thank you so much

[@A_Christians_Walk]

very useful, makes it very clear. 감사합니다.

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Amazing explanation and you are great teacher 👌😎

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Well it was the first video I saw of korean language and you explained it so well that even if it was my first time I still got a little bit of it ...

[@thegnome73]

thank you for going over this! I kept guessing wrong when trying to practice reading. Now I feel a similar feeling to when you are finally able to scratch the itch on your back that you can't reach.

[@astrocanyounaut]

This always confused me!! Thank you for explaining in such an awesome way! 감사합니다!! 🤗

[@leahsaks]

Another great video 👍 Just curious why clothes is written as 옷 and not옽? If it has the t sound at the end?

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Everything looks clear. Thanks!

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Thank you🤗🍁

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Thank you so much for this video. Your explanation is very clear

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I’m fucked up all day the suddenly you teach me this. 정말 감사해요!!!

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i already know this but this still drives me crazy lol thank you for this video!

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You are so Good in English Sir! ❤

[@jessicah317]

Great video, thank you! My biggest takeaway was why so many konglish words have the eu sound on the end like 버스. It's to make a sound like an english s, I get it now 🎉

[@leadasallas7922]

Hi! Thank you for a very informative discussion of ㅅ! I always have hard time knowing when to pronounce it as s, sh or d. Thanks! However, I do have a small suggestion.. I hope you would change the opening skit of every video (sound of chalk writing on chalkboard). It is so uncomfortable to hear TT. Especially if I have your videos on autoplay. Overall however, I am a huge fan! I follow your social media accounts too, it helped me a lot when I started living in Korea. I hope all you guys are doing well. More power! ^^

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You cleared my doubt .thankyou..lots of love

[@euelliza]

aaaa this letter stressed me out so much but this helped me a lot!!! thank you :p

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Korean language is very difficult but is so beautiful. I love it🥰

[@somegirlanna]

Lol the first word starting with 수 that came to my mind was 술 What's wrong with me?😅😂

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You're not the only one 😂

[@teerich2011]

As opposed to 수?Lol

[@nomatterwhatusaid]

because you like 술?? lol :)

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What does that mean? Lol just wondering

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You talk a little bit too fast for me but I still understand and it helped me a lot, thank you :)

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Oh my God thank you for mentioning font! There are many times I've seen letters I didn't recognize because of font and I thought there were letters I just hadn't learned yet 😂😩 the struggle is real!!

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Yes. There were some TTMIK videos were hard for me to follow because the font was bad. I'm glad they're using better font now!