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Sugar Girl
How to pronounce 와, 의, 왜, 워, 위, 외, 웨???????????
So, I know they are "wa, ui, wae, wo, wi, and we" but I don't know how to pronounce them correctly sometimes.
In America, we pronounce every letter so it's harder to be more subtle like Koreans.
***Sometimes, it doesn't even sound like it has a "w" sound in some of the words!!!! ㅠㅠ Help me please!
Oct 20, 2015 11:52 PM
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ᅪ : Wa (like in Wario)
ᅯ : Wo (like in Water).
ᅫ, ᅰ and ᅬare all similar and require the use of different tones
ᅫ sounds like the start of “Wag”
ᅰ sounds like the start of “Wedding”
ᅬ sounds like the start of “Weight”.
ᅱ : Wii as in the Nintendo Wii.
ᅴ a unique double sound like in the word “Gooey”.
Refer to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZhOeA0RD9o
10:49 ~ 13:59
October 21, 2015
I agree with this question, and I don't see a full answer here. Can anyone provide one?
For example: 봤지 has the letter ㅘ . Seems like it should be pronounced "bwatt-ji", but it sounds like "batt-ji" . Is there some rule or name for this phenomenon?
July 16, 2023
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