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Pronunciation - ㅡ ㅣ ㅔㅐ ㅖㅒ

Min Sung Kim
Jul 25, 2023
Pronunciation Beginner

15-min Lesson Goals

In this bit to learn Korean quickly...

  • You will learn the sounds of these Korean vowels: ㅡ ㅣ ㅔ ㅐ ㅖ ㅒ
  • Consolidate your learning with an exercise!

A Bit of a Lesson

Listen and repeat to the vowel sounds below!

Called: ㅡ

Sound: eu

Called: l

Sound: i

Called: ㅔ / ㅐ

Sound: eh

Called: ㅖ / ㅒ

Sound: ye

 

For ㅔ ㅐ and ㅖ ㅒ, don't worry too much about when to use each of these! Just know that they sound exactly the same.

Add different consonants to these vowels or ask your Mallo tutor to practice the vowel pronunciations together in your next lesson!

Knowledge Check!

Difficult: What sound does it make when you add ㅡ and ㅣ (ㅢ)

wah yay ay ui

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