LinguaA consonant under the vowel
A syllable can close with a consonant written underneath: that consonant is the 받침. 바 is ba; add ㅂ below and 밥 is bap, the word for cooked rice and for a meal. Any consonant can be written as a batchim, but the mouth makes only seven sounds in that position: ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅇ. Whatever the spelling, the final consonant is pronounced as the nearest of these seven, unreleased – the tongue or lips move into place and simply stop there.
Many letters, one sound
So 밖, 부엌 and 국 all end in the same stopped k: ㄲ, ㅋ and ㄱ collapse into ㄱ. 옷, 낮, 꽃, 밑, 있 and 히읗 all end in the same stopped t: ㅅ ㅈ ㅊ ㅌ ㅆ ㅎ collapse into ㄷ. 잎 and 밥 both end in p: ㅍ becomes ㅂ. Only ㄴ ㄹ ㅁ ㅇ keep their own sound. And the circle changes job: at the top of a block ㅇ is silent, but as a batchim it is the ng of sing, so 강 is kang and 아 with ㅇ below is 앙.
| Final sound | Written as | Words |
|---|---|---|
| ㄱ | ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ | 국, 부엌, 밖 |
| ㄴ | ㄴ | 산, 눈 |
| ㄷ | ㄷ ㅅ ㅈ ㅊ ㅌ ㅆ ㅎ | 옷, 낮, 꽃 |
| ㄹ | ㄹ | 물, 달 |
| ㅁ | ㅁ | 밤, 몸 |
| ㅂ | ㅂ ㅍ | 밥, 잎 |
| ㅇ | ㅇ | 강, 방 |
밥 주세요Rice, please.
꽃이 예뻐요The flowers are pretty.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 밥 | cooked rice, meal | 밥이 맛있어요 The rice is delicious. |
| 집 | house, home | 집이 어디예요? Where is the house? |
| 물 | water | 물이 차요 The water is cold. |
| 꽃 | flower | 꽃 주세요 Flowers, please. |
| 옷 | clothes | 옷이 비싸요 The clothes are expensive. |
| 책 | book | 책 주세요 A book, please. |
| 밖 | outside | 밖이 추워요 It is cold outside. |
| 부엌 | kitchen | 부엌이에요 It is the kitchen. |
| 낮 | daytime | 낮이에요 It is daytime. |
| 강 | river | 강이 넓어요 The river is wide. |
Exercises
This lesson has 11 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 4
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 2
- translate the sentence: 1
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word ends in the ㄷ sound although it is not written with ㄷ?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.