Lesson 2. Final Consonants  (= 받침)

※Please follow the video above for the exact pronunciation of each word. Romanization can only help so much, as it cannot represent the exact Korean pronunciation.

1.  ㄱ 받침

약 [yak]: medicine

미국 [mi-guk]: the United States

책 [chaek]: book

2.       ㄴ 받침

한국 [han-guk]: Korea

산 [san]: mountain

펜 [paen]: pen

핸드폰 [haen-deu-pon]: cell phone

3.       ㄷ 받침

곧 [gohd]: soon

얻다 [uh-dda]: to earn

믿다 [mid-da]: to believe

4.       ㄹ 받침

물 [moohl]: water

선물 [suhn-moohl]: gift

달력 [dal-lyuhg]: calendar

맏딸 [mad-ddal]: the first daughter

5.       ㅁ 받침

엄마 [uh-mma]: mom

잼 [jaem]: jam

냄새 [naem-sae]: smell

6.       ㅂ 받침

You drop the ㅂ sound right before pronouncing it. You press your lips slightly when pronouncing.

입 [ib]: mouth

밥 [bab]: rice

7.       ㅅ 받침

When ㅅ is 받침 it is not pronounced as “s”, but as “t”.

옷 [ pronounced as 옫]: clothes

곧 [gohd] : soon vs 곳 [gohd]: place – pronounced the same

햇빛 [haet-bit or 핻빗]: sunlight

8.      ㅇ 받침

When ㅇ is the first consonant it is not pronounced, but when it is a final consonant it is pronounced as “ng”.

앙 [ang] – not an actual word

고양이 [go-yang-i]: cat

성공 [suhng-gong]: success

영어 [yeong-uh]: English 

9.      ㅈ & ㅊ 받침

낮 [nat = 낫 / 낟]: daytime

낯 [nat]: face

젖다 [ juhd-da = 젓다]: to get soaked

민낯 [min-nat = 민낫]: a bare face

10.    ㅋ 받침

억 [uhk]: 100 million

부엌 [uhk] : kitchen 

When you combine ㄱ / ㅋ consonants with other ones, the way they sound changes and it’s called consonant assimilation. You’ll learn more about this pronunciation rule in the next lesson (Lesson 3.)

e.g.
기억이 [기어기]

부엌이 [부어키]

해질녘 [hae-jil-lyuhk]: sunset

11.    ㅌ 받침

팥 [pat = 팓 = 팟 = 팢]: read bean

겉 [guht = 걷 = 것 = 겆]: outside

밑 [mit = 맏 = 밋 = 밎]: bottom

12.   ㅍ 받침

ㅍ 받침 sounds exactly the same with ㅂ 받침.

잎[ip] : leaf = 입[ip] : mouth

짚[jip] : straw = 집 [jip] : house

옆[yup] : side =엽[yup] : lobe

앞 [ahp] : front = 압[ahp] : pressure

13.    ㅎ 받침 

When ㅎ is used as the first consonant, it has “h” sound. But when it’s used as a final consonant, the sound of ㅎ is determined by the following consonant in the next letter. [We will learn more in-depth about this in the Consonant Assimilation lesson.]

좋아요 [조아요]: when ㅎ 받침 is followed by ㅇ consonant in the next letter, ㅎ 받침 doesn’t produce any sound.

좋네 [존네] when ㅎ 받침 is followed by ㄴ consonant in the next letter, ㅎ받침 produces ㄴ 받침 sound

좋게 [ 조케] when ㅎ 받침 is followed by ㄱ consonant in the next letter, ㅎ + ㄱ produces ㅋ sound.

좋다 조타] when ㅎ 받침 is followed by ㄷ consonant in the next letter, ㅎ + ㄷ produces ㅌ sound.

좋지 [조치] when ㅎ 받침 is followed by ㅈ consonant in the next letter, ㅎ+ㅈ produces ㅊ sound.

좋소 [좃소] when ㅎ 받침 is followed by ㅅ consonant in the next letter, ㅎ 받침 produces ㅅ받침 sound. 

하얗다[하야타] : to be white

하얗게 [하얗케] : whitely

놓다[노타]  : to put sth on

놓네 [논네] 

좋다 [좉다] : to be good, to like

그렇다[그러타] : to be like that, to be that way

그렇지만 [그러치만] : but