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Why is 'ㅇ' sometimes silent in korean writing?
I wonder why the korean character 'ㅇ' sometimes is silent in writing? Why do you place it in, for example, '잘 지내요?' ? I mean, there is no 'ng' in jal jinaeyo...
Dec 5, 2012 5:10 PM
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In the bottom of syllables, this character is like the English ‘ng’ without the ‘g’ sound. At the beginning of syllables, this character is just a place marker and has no sound.
For example in 안녕하세요 (annyeoNGhaseyo), there are three ㅇ's notice that there is a ㅇ at the beginning of the block 안, at the end of the second block/syllable 녕, and at the end of the word 요?
*** The first and last syllable/blocks, the ㅇ is silent and only the vowel is sounded. In the second the syllable the ㅇmakes the "NG" sound.
**Hope I didn't confuse you! ^-^ 행운을 빕니다!
December 5, 2012
The extra "ㅇ" or "ㅁ" is nasal accent and kind of cute way of speaking in slang.
For example: 뭐행, 뭐햄 (which mean 뭐해)
December 5, 2012
ㅇ is always silent if it's the first letter in the syllable. Syllables always start with a consonant, so if you just want to write or say a vowel, you need to put ㅇ first.
아 = A
앙 = Ang
December 5, 2012
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