A guide to Korean sound change rules and a few other pronunciation oddities, with many thanks to Clara's "sound change bootcamp" materials. Cards contain audio of native speakers to illustrate the pronunciation issues being covered.
| Spelling | 진학하다 |
| Pronunciation | [진하카다] |
| Notes | An example of aspiration of basic consonants: as ㅎ is basically a puff of air, this makes the basic consonants more airy, exactly like their aspirated counterparts. |
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| Spelling | 좋다 |
| Pronunciation | [조타] |
| Notes | An example of aspiration of basic consonants: as ㅎ is basically a puff of air, this makes the basic consonants more airy, exactly like their aspirated counterparts. |
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| Spelling | 혼잣말 |
| Pronunciation | [혼잔말] |
| Notes | An example of Nasalization: the influence of nasal consonants ㄴ and ㅁ (nasal = main place of resonance is the nose) makes the 받침 before them shift into something nasal. |
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