๐ What you'll learn in this post
๐ Heads up before you read
Syllables work differently in different countries.
Learn how syllables are used in Korea and then compare it to how they work in your country.
In Hangeul, a combination of ์ด์ฑ (initial sound), ์ค์ฑ (medial sound), and ์ข ์ฑ (final sound) letters forms a group of sounds, which can also be referred to as a unit of pronunciation.
This is what a syllable is!
Pretty simple, right? ๐
๐ Here's a quiz
How many syllables are there in the following sentence (โโโ)?
๋๋ ๋๋ฅผ ์ฌ๋ํด(I love you)
If you answered,
"Including spaces, a total of 9 syllables!"
๐ฑโโโโโ That's wrong!
Spaces don't count because they aren't sounds.
So only ๋/๋/๋/๋ฅผ/์ฌ/๋/ํด are considered syllables, for a total of 7 syllables!
If someone suggests you play a 2-syllable game, now you know how to respond, right? ๐
Alright,
Let's try saying five 2-syllable Korean words in 10 secondsโฐ!
10,
9,
8,
7,
6,
5,
4,
3,
2,
1,
โ ํ๊ตญ (Korea)
โ ๊ณต๋ถ (Study)
โ ํ์ (Student)
โ ์ฌํ (Travel)
โ ์ฌ๋ (Love)
Which 2-syllable words does KONOfam know?
๐ Essential insights into Korean culture
In Korea, there are famous producers of entertainment shows, and the top among them is Na Young-seok(๋์์)!
If you want to understand Korean culture and learn Korean language, you can't miss watching Na Young-seok's shows!
To have natural conversations with Koreans, you should definitely know who this producer is!
Also, many of the shows produced by Na Young-seok often feature games that use the syllable concepts we've learned today.
Image source: Each program's official website
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