6. Combined vowels and doubled consonants

 

1. 11 sounds other than the 10 basic vowels are written by combining them.

• ㅐ[ae]   : apple = 애플 , and = 앤드
• ㅒ[yae] : yare = 얘어
• ㅔ[e]    : end = 엔드
• ㅖ[ye]  : yes = 예스
• ㅘ[wa] : wow = 와우
• ㅙ[wae]    : wagon = 왜건
• ㅚ[ö, we]  : ö sound in German, but usually pronounced as '[we]'. 
• ㅝ[wo] : want = 원트
• ㅞ[we] : way =웨이
• ㅟ[ü, wi]  : ü sound in German, but usually pronounced as '[wi]'. kiwi = 키위
• ㅢ[eui]  : no corresponding sound in English. Short ㅡ followed by long l.

                   

            '의', which means 'of', can be pronounced as [ㅔ]. 'ㅢ' following consonant is pronounced as [ㅣ].

             Example : '나의(my. 나 = I, 의 = of )' = [나의], [나에]   '희망(hope)' = [히망]

 

 

2. Doubled ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ  express tense sounds(된소리).

• ㄲ : gas = 깨스 , (French) carbonara = 까르보나라 (pasta)
• ㄸ : dollar = 딸러 , (Spanish) tres =뜨레스
• ㅃ : bus = 뻐스 , (French) Paris = 빠리, 빠히
• ㅆ : song = 쏭, (French) ce = 쎄
• ㅉ : jazz = 째즈 , (Spanish) mochila = 모찔라

 

      The first sounds g, d, b, s, and j in English are sometimes recognized as tense sounds.