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Modern Conversational Korean
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Adding Sounds 1. Adding i- : When syllables starting with o follow syllables ending
with the voiced consonants n , il, e, or o , the helping sound *is added. Note that no change occurs in the spelling. Examples:
Spelling
Pronunciation
Meaning a blanket quilt made of cotton batting Seoul Station
night job
•i-^
—
^M=
liquid medicine
2. Adding « : Syllables which precede ^, *], or nfl and end in vowels take u as the helping sound. In the following examples the spelling also includes the added sound.
Examples: Separate Parts
^ ^ °fl it
Spelling
-* -»
^r^ ^^
Meaning
hulled rice nonglutinous rice Mutinous rice new rice
o|
rxj)
_♦
ojtc|)
this time
^ «fl
-»
^ «H
that time
3. Adding a :
1) Syllables which precede -i, n, a , a and ^ and end in vowels
take a as the helping sound. The effect is to make a tense sound
out of -i, e, b , a or * . In the following words the spelling also includes the added sound. Examples:
Separate parts vfl 7(-
Spelling -*
vg 7\
Meaning a riverside