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좋아요 → [조아요]

Written 좋아요. Spoken [조아요].

The gap

You can read Hangul. Spoken Korean still flies past you.

That gap is not vocabulary — it’s sound.

8 sound rules

Korean isn’t pronounced the way it’s written

Linking

한국어 → [한구거]

  • 왜 웃어요 → [왜 우서요]
  • 왜 울어요 → [왜 우러요]
  • 중국이에요 → [중구기에요]
  • 독일 친구요 → [도길 친구요]

1,229 sentences in the course carry this sound.

H-drop

좋아요 → [조아요]

  • 네 좋아요 → [네 조아요]
  • 오늘 날씨가 좋아요 → [오늘 날씨가 조아요]
  • 내일 날씨가 좋아요 → [내일 날씨가 조아요]
  • 날씨가 정말 좋아요 → [날씨가 정말 조아요]

99 sentences in the course carry this sound.

Aspiration

축하해요 → [추카해요]

  • 어떻게 가요 → [어떠케 가요]
  • 왜 축하해요 → [왜 추카해요]
  • 아니요 못 해요 → [아니요 모 태요]
  • 요리는 못 해요 → [요리는 모 태요]

59 sentences in the course carry this sound.

Nasalization

입니다 → [임니다]

  • 아닙니다 → [아님니다]
  • 얼마입니까 → [얼마임니까]
  • 형이 합니다 → [형이 함니다]
  • 그릇 네 개예요 → [그른 네 개예요]

72 sentences in the course carry this sound.

Tensing

학교 → [학꾜]

  • 식당이에요 → [식땅이에요]
  • 백 달러예요 → [백 딸러예요]
  • 축구만 해요 → [축꾸만 해요]
  • 네 그립시다 → [네 그립씨다]

307 sentences in the course carry this sound.

Liquid

연락 → [열락]

  • 지하철역이 어디예요 → [지하철려기 어디예요]
  • 서울역에서 내리세요 → [서울려게서 내리세요]
  • 서울역까지 어떻게 가요 → [서울력까지 어떠케 가요]
  • 지하철역이 가까워서 좋아요 → [지하철려기 가까워서 조아요]

5 sentences in the course carry this sound.

Palatalization

같이 → [가치]

  • 같이 가요 → [가치 가요]
  • 네 같이 춰요 → [네 가치 춰요]
  • 네 같이 봐요 → [네 가치 봐요]
  • 여러분도 같이 갈까요 → [여러분도 가치 갈까요]

19 sentences in the course carry this sound.

Cluster

없어요 → [업써요]

  • 방이 넓어요 → [방이 널버요]
  • 병이 없어요 → [병이 업써요]
  • 저도 없어요 → [저도 업써요]
  • 우산이 없어요 → [우사니 업써요]

89 sentences in the course carry this sound.

One session

Ten minutes, one sound

  1. 01

    Rule card

    One rule, one pair

    Each session teaches one sound rule, shown as a pair you can already read.

  2. 02

    Sound shift

    “How does this actually sound?”

    Pick the spoken form. The spelling is the trap.

  3. 03

    Dictation

    “Write what you hear.”

    Sentences at natural speed. Type them and see where your ear and the spelling disagree.

  4. 04

    Speed ladder

    “Same sentence. Each step is faster.”

    0.7× → 1.0× → 1.3×. Move on when you catch it, not when it plays.

  5. 05

    Recap

    “Back tomorrow”

    What you caught, and what comes back for review — in 1, 3, 7 and 16 days.

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