Korean Pronunciation Guide Korea Book

index Preface 4 How to Use This Book 6 Content 10 An Overview of Korean Pronunciation 13

Part I. BASIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION 1 Vowels Collection 20 2 Consonants 33 3 Final Consonants Base 45 4 Liaison 53

PartⅡ. PRONUNCIATION RULES 1 Aspirated Consonants: Congratulations [Chukka] 62 2 Elimination of Heh Pronunciation: It's okay [Are you okay] 70 3 Fortis Articulation: Restaurant [Siktang] 76 4 Palatalization: As [Value] 86 5 Nasalization ①: Museum [Museum] 92 6 Nasalization ②: Stop [Jungnyujang] 100 7 Nasalization ③: Daehangno [Daehangno] 106 8 Liquidization: Lunar New Year [Seolral] 112 9 Addition of B: City Hall Station [City Hall] 120

Part III. READING PRACTICE Preparations for Reading 130 Colloquial Speech 1 Volunteering 142 2 Interview 1 Job Seeker Job Seeker 147 3 The Host Movie ‘The Host’ 152 4 Nami Island Nami Island 157 5 Stretching 163 6 Interview 2 Film Director Film Director 169 7 Gwangjang Market Gwangjang Market 174 8 Interview 3 Job Interview Interview 180 9 Weather Forecast 186 10 Counseling 191 Written Korean 11 Coffee 197 12 Korean Drama Korean Drama 203 13 Pojangmacha (Cart Bar) 208 14 Patbingsu Patbingsu 213 15 Military 219 16 Cheering for Baseball 224 17 Chicken and Beer 230 18 A Man Who Cooks 236 19 Ajumma Perm 242 20 Day Culture 248

APPENDIX Answers 256 English Translations 259 Explanations in English 268 Hangeul Table 276 Reading Numbers 277 Index