Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 1 - My First Steps in Korean (Lessons 1 to 30) ᚛ Lesson 5 - Learn Hangul (part 5) - Final consonant combinations

Learn Hangul (part 5) - Final consonant combinations

Learning Hangeul

• Simple vowels
• Simple consonants
• Combined vowels
• Double consonants
• Final consonant combinations

List of final consonant combinations in Korean

In Korean, although rare, some syllables can end with a combination of two consonants, called final consonant combinations.
However, only one of the two consonants is actually pronounced.

ㄳ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄱ -  앇

ㄵ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄴ -  앉

ㄶ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄴ -  않

ㄺ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄱ -  앍

ㄻ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㅁ -  앎

ㄼ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄹ -  앏

ㄽ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄹ -  앐

ㄾ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄹ -  앑

ㄿ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㅍ -  앒

ㅀ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㄹ -  앓

ㅄ

• Final sound: pronounced as ㅂ -  앖

Summary

Exercises

Particles are omnipresent in Korean. They indicate the role of words in a sentence, nuance meaning, and make it possible to understand who does what, where, how, and why.

Particles are also often the aspect that causes the most difficulty for Korean learners. In grammar books, they are usually presented in the middle of long sentences, with complex vocabulary, without being clearly highlighted.

With Korean Particles, we made the opposite choice:
taking the time to explain each particle, one by one, using very simple sentences, accessible even to beginners.

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