~ 받침 Batchim (Final Consonants) and 이어읽기[i-eo-ilk-ki] Liaisons
Representative Consonants Pronunciation Final Consonants
ㄱ [-k] ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ ㄴ [-n] ㄴ ㄷ [-t] ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅆ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅌ, ㅎ ㄹ [-l] ㄹ ㅁ [-m] ㅁ ㅂ [-p] ㅂ, ㅍ ㅇ [-ŋ] ㅇ
When there are two final consonants, one of them is just pronounced when they are in the end of the syllable followed by consonants.
흙 [흑] – Soil 읽다 [악따] – to read
앉다 [안따] – to set oneself down 여덟 [여덜] – eight
넓다 [널따] – to be large 젊다 [점따] – to be young
값 [감] – value 밟다 [밥따] – to tread
When final consonants are followed by vowels, they are pronounced as a Liaisons.
한국어 [한구거] – Korean language 눈을 [누늘] – Eyes
꽃이 [꼬치] – flower bud 있어요 [이써요] – It’s here
읽어요 [일거요] – Read 넓어요 [널버요] – It’s wide open
좋아요 [조아요] – It sounds good 싫어요 [시러요] – I don’t like it
-아요 / -어요 is the verbal and adjectival conjugation. It is used to make declarative and interrogative statements for an action or state.
-아요 is added when the final vowel of a verb or an adjective stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, while –어요 is added when the final vowel of a verb or an adjective stem is a vowel other than ㅏ or ㅗ.
If a verb or an adjective ends with 하다, 하다 is changed to 해요.
Examples:
1) 가: 지금 뭐 해요? [What are you doing now?]
나: 텔레비전을 봐요. [Watching television.]
2) 가: 지금 뭐 해요? [What are you doing now?]
나: 커피를 마셔요. [I’m drinking coffee.]
3) 가: 지금 운동해요? [Are you exercising now?]
나: 아니요, 저녁을 먹어요. [No, I’m eating dinner.]
Source courtesy of: Ganada Elementary1 and 어휘 Vocabs ^^
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Learn Korean , Learn 한굴 by Hwal-wal
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