Tarts and Mina's Korean lessons thread
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And on top of that... if you think about how many different Korean dialects there are and how differently they are spoken in all the different areas... splitting hairs between "i" and "ee" is dumb.
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Originally Posted by blue03s2k,Jun 13 2007, 04:12 PM
ㄱ = k(g) "king or guy"
ㄴ = n "name"
ㄷ = t(d) "toy or day"
ㄹ = r(l) "rain or lily"
ㅁ = m "mother"
ㅂ = p(b) "pin or book"
ㅅ = s "speech"
ㅇ = ng "king" (or silent if before the vowel)
ㅈ = ch(j) "john"
ㅊ = ch' "church"
ㅋ = k' "kite"
ㅌ = t' "tank"
ㅍ = p' "pump"
ㅎ = h "high"
ㄴ = n "name"
ㄷ = t(d) "toy or day"
ㄹ = r(l) "rain or lily"
ㅁ = m "mother"
ㅂ = p(b) "pin or book"
ㅅ = s "speech"
ㅇ = ng "king" (or silent if before the vowel)
ㅈ = ch(j) "john"
ㅊ = ch' "church"
ㅋ = k' "kite"
ㅌ = t' "tank"
ㅍ = p' "pump"
ㅎ = h "high"
can someone post the vowels for me, too~?
that way I can save it onto my blackberry
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Originally Posted by minako,Jun 14 2007, 11:26 AM
thank you for this, dil luhn~
can someone post the vowels for me, too~?
that way I can save it onto my blackberry
can someone post the vowels for me, too~?
that way I can save it onto my blackberry
ㅕ= "yuh"
ㅑ= "yah"
ㅐ= "eh"
ㅔ= "eh"
ㅗ= "o"
ㅓ= "uh"
ㅏ= "ah"
ㅣ= "ee"
ㅜ = "ooh"
ㅠ = "you"
ㅡ = it's a short e/o, almost silent. when you say "blessed", it's like the sound that's made after the B and before the L, if you were to say it slow. no true English equivalent.
It's almost like the apostrophe in the last name D'Amico
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Originally Posted by PopTarts,Jun 13 2007, 11:29 PM
Is it "see-oh", is it "suh-oh", is it "so"? Nobody knows until you tell them how it's supposed to be pronounced.
Chinese last names. "Hsu" isn't "soo" or "h'soo" - it's "shoo". Why not just spell it "Shoo" or "Shoe."
Chinese last names. "Hsu" isn't "soo" or "h'soo" - it's "shoo". Why not just spell it "Shoo" or "Shoe."
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Originally Posted by PeaceLove&S2K,Jun 14 2007, 08:03 PM
I don't think Hsu is pronounced Shoo in general... AFAIK, it's pronounced Hsu...
So is it more like "h'soo"?