Telling Apart ㄱ/ㅋ/ㄲ | Korean Pronunciation Explained

[@mika-nx2pg]

you’re so helpful and underrated wtf

[@Romi140]

Exactly

[@kirbynaelgas6913]

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[@luvcheriepham]

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[@luvcheriepham]

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[@xlddmczi2204]

why so underrated, this is the best telling apart video i've ever seen

[@tylerrobblee8038]

I’m waiting for my TTMIK books and have watched about 5 pronunciation videos and you’re the only one to confirm that « ㄱ » is pronounced « g » at the middle or end of a word. I inferred that from listening to podcasts and variety shows. But its nice that someone came out and said it to me Very concise and to the point. Thanks for helping me start my journey :)

[@Abigail-su1pc]

Just started learning korean and this video is really helpful. I had been struggling to differentiate the pronunciation of ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ. Now I know the difference. ㄲ is basically how I pronounce k in my native language and ㅋ is k in english. The challenge for me is ㄱ.

[@kojugo]

I've seen several similar explanations about this topic. Yours is the best. Great job explaining clearly the core differences of the different sounds properties. Hangeul is awesome in the way you don't have to guess a word pronunciation whereas in English you explained very well it can depend on the word. Looking forward seeing your next videos!

[@benjamincoombs4295]

I'm just learning Korean, and have been struggling with the aspirated and double consonants but your channel has really helped! Thank you!

[@Observer511]

You're the bomb! That is the best explanation I have gotten on this subject so far!

[@kanyinsolaadeliyi]

please could you do similar videos for the other letters,ㄷㅌㄸ ㅂㅍㅃ, ㅈㅊㅉ, ㅅㅆ, and particularly help on the difference between the korean s and the english s. you're videos are so so helpful to me in my korean-learning journey! thank you😊

[@YourKoreanSaem]

I will! Perhaps once a week or so because I need to do more research 😆 but thank you for your interest!

[@kimberlyfarah7484]

I struggled for two weeks to learn this. I just found your video and it helped SOOOO much. THANK YOUUUUU

[@luce0606]

I thought I had some understanding of ㄲ, but your examples just kept blowing my mind. Thank you so much for this!

[@laureneddy8491]

Thank you!! This is the first video I have come across after lots of searching that does an excellent job at explaining the differences between ㄱ ,ㄲ, and ㅋ and how to pronounce them! Game changer in my pronunciation!

[@ahmedessam5804]

This is very helpful, I've never found this as clear and so broken down anywhere else.

[@mirey2130]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve seen countless resources say ㄱ is somewhere in between g/k but never any explanation for how it actually overlaps with the English g/k. For the first time I feel like I finally understand how it’s pronounced and how it differs from ㅋ and ㄲ after watching your video

[@pauloroberto7875]

Wow. So useful and well explained. You’re inclusion of other languages helped me a lot. I am Brazilian and we speak português that it has lots of similar sounds. Thank you.

[@polyky]

This is the most helpful video I've found, in most youtube videos they use very imprecise terms like "soft and harsh" so this was so refreshing

[@Halloweeee]

Thanks this video helped a lot! Could you also do one on ㄷ,ㄸ, and ㅌ?

[@YourKoreanSaem]

Yes I'll try to upload one soon!

[@jisooinyourarea6751]

@@YourKoreanSaem I love your vidssssss especially the parts where you through words from different languages at the end that have the sound

[@gaugaucauvong3731]

Well researched and presented. One of the best videos I've seen. Would be useful at the end if there was a couple of minutes listening and repeating practice at the end.

[@YourKoreanSaem]

Thanks, will keep in mind for future pronunciation videos :)

[@LovingHali]

You're explanation are the best. I wish I found your videos sooner.

[@loveingbot]

Your videos are so incredible helpful and your methodology and dynamic is essential to make us understand it better. 잘 봤습니다.

[@romeoandthechickenfeather]

This was actually really helpful. Normally I'm skeptical about pronunciation videos that last so long, but your explanations were very clear and the explanation concise with no padding. Thanks!

[@yuradu2919]

Best explanation i found so far!

[@SilvermoonForestclan]

Your explanations are fantastic! It’s very helpful how you explain what is happening in the throat/mouth and give a lot of examples and the actual differences from English

[@roseodonovan6979]

You're videos have been the most helpful for pronunciation, thank you!!

[@ahmedemam8687]

This video is outstandingly useful. It is one of the most wonderful well-explained Korean alphabet videos I have ever watched on KZbin. Well done and 정말 감사합니다 ^_^

[@melanielee6944]

You’re fantastic at teaching! This is the most helpful video on Korean pronunciation that I’ve found. I will definitely be coming back to your channel as I continue to learn Korean!

[@im_Dafox]

선생님 감사합니다 🙇‍♂ That was the best explanation i've seen so far. Helped me realise my pronounciation was bad, like ""일꺼요"" with a tense throat instead of 읽어요, etc. Thank you so much !!

[@occamythunderin4100]

The ‘tikka masala’ helped a lot 👍🏼

[@crossgame9479]

It's literally the perfect substitute

[@jasonm8687]

This is the most helpful video I have seen on pronunciation!!! Thank you!!!

[@HirayahManawari]

1:30 just my repeat time 🙂

[@XavierPep]

감사합니다 Your Korean Saem, I am learning Korean language for the last 3 months and I found your video on KZbin. You are explaining super well in a great vulgarize way!

[@husamfahmi7499]

Hi Saemmul, this was probably the clearest explanation of ㄱ, ㅋ, and ㄲ I have ever heard. Thank you~~

[@raindropsroses1088]

THANK YOU!! you really have an knack for teaching!!

[@mjjsnell]

Second video of yours that I've watched. These are so helpful! Thank you so much.

[@HeavensSunrise1]

Thank you so much for your videos. I love the way you explain pronunciation. Can you please do a video for the vowels if not already available?

[@Kakashi-Usagi]

Best video I've seen explaining this! Thank you!

[@LookingForAnotherPlanet]

Wow, excellent explanations!!!

[@tiff_biell]

Great explanation and examples, really helpful.

[@NoWhereToRun22]

This is the first time I've ever been able to understand the difference between the three of them! Thank you for including the example of casa, too. Fortunately for me, my first two experiences with learning foreign languages (and the ones I've studied the longest) were Spanish and Italian. Learning that I've been able to pronounce ㄲ this whole time (and now I have examples to fall back on for practice) has also boosted my confidence with learning Korean :)

[@loganp5744]

Your explanation is so accurate and clear. Thanks for the awesome work! I cant wait to see the future of this channel!

[@khermonat]

This was the absolutely most helpful tutorial!

[@milo-3176]

Omg this is the best explanation I ever found thank you so much

[@shin6937]

So helpful! I was confused with those sounds but now I see the difference a little bit 💜

[@disnasewwandi648]

Miss...You are an awesome teacher👍 You meke clear tricky situations where in our understanding regarding korean language...very cleverly....keep it up...all the best...good luck😁

[@ireinemyl]

struggling with these consonants and stumbled upon your video! thank you for this amazing explanation on how to differentiate and pronounce them! will checkout your entire channel for other hangul lessons :)

[@cheskaelqueso]

Thank you for clear explanation!

[@zoelynch9689]

thank you! this was very helpful, your explanation is the best I've seen so far!

[@EdenRiot2]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@ThisIsntmyrealnameGoogle]

might be the only video that actually helped me, thanks!

[@grosdaraz]

Amazing video! Very clear explanation and the real life examples help a lot to understand as well as practice. Thank you.

[@adiladil78]

What can I say? To say this video is excellent would be an understatement. Thanks for the super-awesome video. Keep up the good work.

[@worldaffairs000]

I am learning Korean for 3 years but still I was unable to differentiate among these consonants. Now thanks to you I have grab the concept .. 감사합니다 ❤

[@mew8534]

This helped so muchhh!!! Thank you!!

[@JazzifiDIY]

That was a 🔥 breakdown, thank you so much!

[@marie_s127]

Thank you so much!! It really shows the effort you put into these explanations 😭💜 They’re clear and concise and easy to follow. And thank you for also using Spanish in the examples, I really appreciate it 💜❤️🧡

[@Sarah-zo5zf]

This is really really helpful thank you so much!! I just happened to found this channel and I am in love with it for real! I was struggling with different pronunciations specially with vowels, but you really did help me alot and now i am watching all of your videos and taking notes of them in my note book 🙏🏻 감사합니다

[@Carlos-zz9he]

thanks again for your technical explanations! I hope your channel keep growing! Take care!

[@kori228]

what do you think of the alternative analysis mentioned on wikipedia, where ㄱ is underlying voiced /g/ that's devoiced in phrase-initial position, and is distinguished from ㅋ by tone/pitch? ㄱ /g/, -> #[kʰV˨(˧)], -> ._[ɡ]_ ㄲ /k/ (unaspirated) ㅋ /kʰ/ Coming from Chinese, ㄱ definitely sounds fairly strongly aspirated even when in phrase-onset position.

[@lunaeclipse5768]

pretty teacher i cant believe the subs only 20k+

[@cookiejar.mp3]

As an English/Spanish speaker, hiccup and casa were top tier examples you just made my life so much easier

[@CherryAtomyk]

This makes so much sense thank you.

[@zira6500]

I was having such a hard time but this was so helpful! Thank you so much :)

[@muradbashirov6435]

So helpful!

[@jou6495]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I speak Spanish and my English is so basic so every time someone teach me the pronunciation they did it with examples in English and it was very difficult to me, with your example of "Casa" your really helped me a lot

[@jaylenegarci3448]

I recommend the korean pronuciation lite app it shows you the sound and the way the tongue is supposed to move

[@helenaabdelsamad6628]

Thank you 😍 Best explaination ever💞 . Could you also explain about ㅈ pronunciation? Because I sometimes hear it as 'J' sound in the middle of the word and more as 'CH' sound at the beginning of a word. What is the correct pronunciation?

[@YourKoreanSaem]

You are right! It's more like a J in the middle of a word and closer to ch (but without the burst of air) at the beginning.

[@helenaabdelsamad6628]

So it becomes more like tj than ch in the beginning of a word?

[@YourKoreanSaem]

Helena Abdel Samad much like ㄱ, the ㅈ is pronounced like a softer ch, or like j without the voicing! It’s hard to express it with the English alphabet 😅 will make a video about it someday to complete the consonant series

[@thetzin558]

Thank you. I fully understand the differences now.

[@curlysurgery]

thanks for this wonderful explanation!! im going to subscribe :)

[@chain3612]

thank you soooo much!!! i understood it immediately, cause i understand as it's similar to japanese double consonants

[@hellogoodmorning8888]

Wonderful video. 감사합니다! PS: You’re very pretty

[@reginathereader2567]

Thank you so much for this video. It really helped a lot.

[@blueberrysky7599]

Please make more videos like this.

[@vitorialira3814]

you're awesome, thank you

[@bobchen5662]

Thank you so much for the video! :)

[@mia-pq8jg]

this video was so helpful thank youuu

[@jimhopper7719]

Please upload video on difference between ㅇ and ㅎ in pronunciation.

[@ellie-ng7fr]

This video helped me a lot, thank you so much ❤️

[@quokkaworlddomination4527]

thank you so much !! this was a great help and you're amazing at explaining ! i understood it very quickly - thank you ! :)

[@daveh4208]

선생님 샘물, Great video, I always learn so much from you. I have subscribed to your site and have been looking around. I'm wondering if you have done a video on 니은? I'm told I don't say 니은 properly but I don't know why. I read somewhere that when you pronounce 니은 your tongue goes between your top and bottom rows of teeth, is that the proper placement? I say 니은 similar to the United States pronunciation where I place my tongue on the back of the top teeth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 데이브 드름

[@YourKoreanSaem]

Your tongue should not be between your teeth, behind the back of your top teeth is correct. Who said you were pronouncing it wrong and did they explain why?

[@daveh4208]

@@YourKoreanSaem 선생님 샘물, 갑사힙니다. No particular person has told me what I'm doing is wrong, but several people I've talked with correct my 나는, but I can't really tell the difference from what they say and what I said. They do not say what is wrong, I will ask next time. I don't believe I have a strange accent, but I have lived in several different places around the world and pick up a little here and there...so maybe I picked up a speech pattern in Holland or Germany when I was living there that makes my 'n' sound strangee. 조심해요. 데이브 드림

[@OnderMel]

Wow this was amazing. Thank you

[@a2d365]

Thank you so much for these explanations! I appreciate the detailed examples :))

[@marianakrentz6332]

Very well explained. However, it would have been nice if you had included some examples of Korean words using these different sounds as well

[@kilindogma9711]

awesome video 👏👏👏

[@Kim_Saam]

Tikka masala really is a great example I got the whole point from it, thank you

[@portuguesnapratica]

Thank you for the video 😊

[@benjamin_lee]

Oh god this is amazing thank you so much

[@aniketaparamanik1868]

I think the latters of the all language of the whole Asia are interrelated! The pronunciation of all the letters are pretty much similer. I am Bengali(Language of West Bengal, India) and I find similarity in pronunciation of the letters

[@gaugaucauvong3731]

This was your best hair of 2019.

[@blackrivermusicstudio7648]

감사합니다!

[@agnieszkatwardosz5106]

Thanks for a good video, it seems like in my native language ㄱ is the default K and I knew ㅋ from English... So ㄲ is the only challenge but I'm trying. ;)

[@YourKoreanSaem]

You can do it! 😆

[@danieldinev4905]

You are amazing!!!

[@kyungmix]

Would you say ㅋ is just a more aspirated version of ㄱ that is used at the beginning of a word?

[@YourKoreanSaem]

Bri yes!

[@rafinrafin]

한국인이지만 재밌게봤어요 ㅎㅎㅎ 한국인이 설명하면 ㄱ는 약하고 ㅋ는 세고 ㄲ은 짱세다 이게 설명 끝이라서.. 그걸 어떻게 정립하고 설명하는지 항상 궁금했어요 ㅋㅋ특히 ㄱ이 g라고 생각하는 사람들많고 저도 그렇게 생각했는데 다르졍.. ㄲ은 hiccup으로 생각하면 설명하기도 쉽고 그러네요!

[@stanloonauglies9358]

omg super helpful! thank you so much :)

[@abigailsian_]

thank you so much!

[@Lilicoder]

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[@shris4166]

Thanks it helped a lot ✨

[@michellemercado5477]

Thank you!!!❤️❤️ I have a question, is ㄲ a voiced consonant ??

[@YourKoreanSaem]

According to the National Institute of Korean Language, ㄲ is unvoiced. Fun fact: there are some who claim that the double consonant was originally created for voiced consonants so we could pronounce sounds in other languages (primarily Chinese), but the Hangul system was a bit messed with around the 1930s (probably for political reasons, since we were colonized by Japan at the time). There seems to be a lot of debate regarding this topic, but the terms are so complicated and linguisticsy that I wasn't really able to follow. :X Anyway, short answer is no hehe.

[@michellemercado5477]

@@YourKoreanSaem you're a great teacher. Thank you for answering my question ☺️☺️

[@paintlikewater]

Love it! Thank you! 🖤

[@illy681]

This explains it perfectly! 감사합니다

[@Mort7an]

Great! Thank you. :)