Learn how to read (Case 3):
|C|→|V|
↓ = |CV|
|C| | C |
Is same as
|C| +|V|
+ = |CV|
|C| | C |
Examples=
ㅂ(C) →ㅏ(V)
↓ = 밥
ㅂ(V)
밥 means rice. Since the main dish of korean meal is rice (they have lots of side dishes to add flavour), they use the word 밥 as a shortcut to say meal. We can say 밥 주세요= give me food(rice).
ㄱ(C)→ㅏ(V)
↓ = 강
ㅇ(C)
강 means river. In this word, the ㅇ is coming after the vowel so ㅇ sound would be ng.
Quick recap:
When ㅇ comes before a vowel, it is silent.
There is a river passing through the capital city of South Korea. Its name is "Han River". In korean its called 한강.
We can say 한강 가다 = _____?
Remember what I said in the "formal/informal" chapter?
I'll tell you what koreans call the informal korean language and formal korean language.
Informal korean language = 반말
Formal korean language = 존댓말
Now there is a common word there, right?
말 = something you speak/words/remark/utterance
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