I absolutely love it when pronunciation teachers mention mouth and tongue movements in detail. Please keep this up with other Korean sounds, you're becoming my pronunciation go-to. Please create the ultimate ㄲ video lol.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
@YourKoreanSaem I really liked your approach to explaining the physicalities in this video as well as the differences due to letter postion within the word. So many native speakers will simply answer, "You just know." That tends to be the case for native speakers of any language.😂 One of the reasons I think the ㅅ can be tricky for English speakers is because when pronouncing the English s, there is a dip, groove, or concaving at the center of the tongue while the sides of the tongue tend to touch (even if lightly) the roof of the mouth/upper edges of the gums, as well as more significant tensing of the tongue. With the ㅅ the tongue is more laxed, in a somewhat lower position, and rather than creating that dip, groove, or concaved shape with the center of the tongue, it is more flat, and the sides of the tongue do not stay on the roof of the mouth/upper edges of the gums. I find that thinking of it as almost a soft 'ts' helps the tongue find the position more aptly. The way you described the lip positioning for the ㅆ was fantastic as well. Thank you for posting such a good video on this. I can't wait to watch more of your videos!
Love how you worded this, so true! I just found her channel and I'm not sure if she's American/grew up or went to school there, but her having a complete grasp over both languages is really helpful bc she's really able to tailor her pronunciation advice to people to whom some of these sounds are entirely foreign and a bit tricky to get right
I'm a native speaker who has taught in Asia 20+ years, ten in Korea. Your presentation and examples are a beautiful combination. By the way, I've always been unsure with the ㅆ. You're "sighing" example has cured me. Thank you Sun-saeng-nim
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
These videos are some of the most helpful I've found so far in learning Korean. There are so many sounds that aren't like in English. Your explanations are so clear and concise. I much more confidently (and probably still incorrectly) pronounce these uncomfortable sounds. ㄹ still kills me.
The difference between /ㅅ/ and /ㅆ/ in Korean is not just a tension or pressure on the muscle, but the tongue shape is also different. For /ㅅ/, the tongue is laid flat (and relaxed as the narrator explains) behind the lower teeth, whereas for /ㅆ/ , the tongue is grooved, making the air passage narrower. The more hissing sound you get from /ㅆ/ comes from this grooving of the tongue. The reason why Korean /ㅆ/ is more like English /s/ is because for English /s/ as well, the tongue is grooved and so producing more hissing sound, not because the tongue muscle is tensed. There is a difference, though, between Korean /ㅆ/ and English /s/. For English /s/, the tip of the tongue is raised, moving toward the alveolar ridge, whereas for Korean /ㅆ/ (and /s/ as well), the tongue is put behind the lower teeth.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
I have to say this is very well explained. I speak mandarin, English, Thai and French. For me to learn a language I say my ears are very accurate when it comes telling the difference of pronunciation. I find Korean pronunciation is very ambiguous in a lot of ways that's why I'm here. With the details of how to put stress in the tongue or not definitely helps a lot.
i've been studying korean for funsies, just trying to learn the alphabet and understand the writing system, and your videos are *so* helpful. as a person who is only fluent in english (and has only studied spanish/french outside of that), the romanization for korean is so reductive and it's very difficult to figure out how to attain the correct oral posture (?) to make the sounds. i really appreciate the time you take to explain how to hold your tongue/lips, the amount of tension, and how the sounds in korean are different from common english sounds; all of it really helps get you to the right place! like, at the very least, even if it takes a while to click, i can understand *where* i'm going wrong. before i found your videos i was convinced my mouth simply could not make these sounds, but i think i can now... with enough practice (see: mumbling them to myself over and over again like a lunatic) eta: the exception mentioned at the end of the video kind of reminds me of the french _liaison,_ where a typically silent final letter is joined along with the following word and pronounced - with _les,_ the 's' is often silent, but when it's paired up, like with _les amis,_ the 'z' sound at the end of _les_ becomes the initial sound tacked onto _amis._ not sure if that explanation makes sense lmao, but it was the first thing that popped into my head during the explanation! 😂
I like the comparison you used with French. I, too, am a native English speaker who has learned Spanish and French. I tend to equate any sound I find similar to something in any language I speak/have spoken. I find it opens my mind and allows muscle memory to become instinctively helpful. If I think about it too much in terms of hard pronunciation rules that have to fit English, then it is a losing battle.
Yes, it was very helpfull :) In my native language we distinguish between "sh" and "si" and also "s+i" (like in Spanish 'yes') sound, so the difference in pronunciation is very prominent. And when we write two s's in a word next to each other, we always say two 's' sounds, for example "ssak" =mammal, read exactly as it's written. 😀 I love comparing languages, their grammar and phonetics etc., so I find this kind of videos extremely interesting :)
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Thank you so much! I’m learning Korean from two different teachers. One said 시 was pronounced “she” and the other said it’s “si”. Which really confused me, but now I think I understand.
This channel is definitely gonna go big. Only has 1k subscribers, but has the quality of a 100k channel, although most of the videos I see are fairly recent. Thanks for making good content!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
This was so helpful! Even though I'm studying Korean in university, they never really taught us how pronounce every letter correctly. They would just tell us if our pronunciation needed work, but they didn't really explain how to pronounce it better. The difference in ㅅ and ㅆ was very clear in this video. Thank you so much!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Thanks! You just helped me clear up an answer for my homework in phonetics. Although, after watching the video, whenever I start learning Korean, I will make sure to come back and watch your videos. :)
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Great explanation!! I wasn’t able to find any other videos on pronunciations of ㅅ in different cases so this was very helpful! Other basic examples of the “t” sound is in numbers like 셋, 넷, and 다섯.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
I just started taking Korean at my university this week. This video helped explain some things I was feeling a bit confused by in our class exercises. :) Thank you so much!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Please make more of these videos! I am currently in Geoje, trying to learn korean at work and I you are definitately one of the best resources I have to learn. I really like your explanations on pronunciation, it finally clicked when I saw this one. 감사합니다!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Thank you for these great explanations! Even though I seem to have a partial deafness for the subtle differences within Korean consonant groups, with your help I at least slowly learn now to pronounce them more or less correctly... ^.^ Also, to my ears, the Korean double consonants are the ones that sound the most like their English counterparts. The simple consonants all seem to add an "h" sound between them and the following vowel, as if the vowel itself wasn't a simple "a" but a "ha". If I try to say s + ha or g + ha, I seem to automatically arrive at the right pronunciation for ㅅ and ㄱ.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I was looking for some consonants-differences in pronunciation videos on RU-vid as I have just started learning Korean and honestly your videos are the best. Thank you so much, they are so helpful!!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
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I noticed that in Korean, the pronunciation of s before i is different from other vowels. ㅅㅏ > sa, but ㅅ| > shi
Thank you for these wonderful videos, as the partner of a Korean person who grew up in America, I never get this kind of in-depth explanation of pronounciation rules! I aim to become conversational in Korean and your lessons are a great help!!
Wow, this helps a lot. I'm a new student and was stunned by the sounds I was hearing associated with this consonant. Your explanations make a lot of sense to me, and help discern what I'm hearing. And maybe my pronunciation is improving too!
Oh my god! When you explained the 시 sound, when I kept my mouth still, I said it correctly compared to the English “she”! Best explanation out there and it helped!!
It REALLY helped me to pronounce the ㅅ sound. I knew before that ㅅ is pronounced a little bit "weak", I mean without tensing the tongue, and the ㅆ sound is pronounced with a tension. But I didn't see much difference. 감사합니다 선생님 ❤
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
thank you so much for this!! i never realised the nuance when i was learning on my own, until i was told by a native speaker lots have issues with these two consonants. your explanation regarding the lack of tongue movement forcing out air in the single s sound instantly fixed this for me, just like magic!
thank you very much for this, once you mentioned the relaxed tongue so much clicked for me, now i feel like i actually sound like im pronouncing natives.
This is wonderful! Thank you for these insights. Self-studying using only the romanizations is exceedingly frustrating because many of the romanizations don't make sense to me. This was brilliant. 👍🏼
Your videos are always so helpful. I know I'll be referring back to this one from time to time as I practice Korean pronunciation. I had noticed that 'ㅅ' sounds different from our 's' but I couldn't seem to figure out how to make the correct sound. Thank you very much!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I LOVE YOU! I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOU OMG YOU EXPLAINED EVERYTHING SO PERFECTLY I was trying to find how to pronounce 실례합니다 And no one explained it better than you❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺🥺
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Thank you so much! I've been so confused with this because of "sh" romanisation, but the pronunciation is similar to one of our (norwegian) double consonants "kj" (which is confused with the sound "sj/sh" also for native Norwegian speakers). Now I see that it's closer to the pronunciation of "kj" than the "sj" I've been using. My korean pronunciation will improve a lot because of this.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
Thank you so much. This has been a relief 😩. I've been struggling with these sounds for a while . Please can you do a video on the ㅡ sound? It's killing me🙏
I understand a lot better, now! I learned elementary French in college, and that language has a similar rule to the last one you said: if any consonant (not just s) ends a word and the next word begins with a vowel, the consonant carries over, too. It’s spelled “comment allez vous” (how are you), but it’s pronounced like it should be written “commen-tallez vous.”
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
@@aldrinalipio9808 I'm not at all fluent in Korean, but I can read it; based on my understanding, a ㅆ at the end of a syllable is basically a glottal stop. For example, that syllable "있" would be romanized as "it" (because we have no glottal stops in our alphabet), but after you say the "i," you interrupt yourself. It's like saying something abruptly.
Another point is the Korean lax s is just s with more aspiration, while the tensed version is just the usual s with no aspiration. That's the impression I got
Thanks. Your channel helps a lot. Whenever I start learning vocabulary I encounter several words that sound really different than what I thought they would. Now, I would have to go through each and every vowel and consonant specifically before starting the vocabulary.
I noticed that 'ㅅ' at the end of a syllable (받짐), when the next word starts with vocal (eg 'ㅇ'), sounds indeed like [s] very often, but sometimes it can sound like [d/t] (at least to me). For instance '멋있습니다' [meo*s*isimnida] vs '멋없습니다' [meo*d*isimnida]. Not sure if there is a rule for that. Thank you for this and the other videos. Super helpful!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I can see this channel grow big very quickly with such well made videos. I liked the anesthesia comparison haha! Will you cover common Korean sentence building and/or Verb endings in the future?
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
Could you please do a more detailed explanation for the differences between /ㅅ/ and /ㅆ/? I still couldn't quite grasp the difference between them, maybe some example words would be helpful.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
@@aldrinalipio9808 I wouldn’t worry too much about that to be honest. In every language we all have our own ways we pronounce things. I personally have only heard ‘이씀니다’ . Frankly you’re bound to be saying these words quickly anyway so you can’t really think about it too much. So you’ll be fine
선생님 샘물씨. Lots of practice there. I think I will try to visit your site every day after studying to practice my pronunciation. You do such a fantastic job of explaining the critical aspects of pronouncing each letter properly so that your students can sound like native speakers.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this?
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A nice presentation, but I wish that the korean word examples would stay longer in view...
Go through these videos, I'm noticing a pattern of "do this sound from English, but without moving your lips" kinda like how a ventriloquist does it. It's interesting.
I just found your channel today and I greatly appreciate the way you present your information. But might I share something that I think I've observed between English and Korean? It seems to me that the ㅅ sound and the S/SH sound are not the same at all; they just happen to sound similar enough so our brains translate them to what we know. I mean, to make the basic S sound you relax the entire throat, place the tip of the rigid tongue to the base of your top teeth (not quite touching), and then asperate. So the air flows out freely until it hits the tongue, compresses to get out, making a hiss. The SH is very similar except the tip of the tongue is turned up to point at the middle of the palate, so after the air hisses past the tongue it expands again on the other side, rolls around, and comes out as the SH sound. But for ㅅ, the tongue is lower, behind the bottom of the top teeth, kind of like the TH position but a bit further back and a bit higher. And then... it isn't the open throat asperation, it is actually the vowel that follows the ㅅ - start the sound which powers the ㅅand then drop the tongue and finish the vowel on its own. Does that make sense? Am I kind of on track? Of course, different vowels will shape the sound differently, leading to what English speakers will translate as our S, SH, or T (T as in pretty, not T as in talk). So then the English speaker talks, but in reality they are trying to emulate ㅅ with the various letters S, SH, or T. Again, is what I'm seeing the reality? Of course, it is generally easier to emulate a sound when it is a sound that can be emulated (yeah, 어, 여, and 으, I'm talking about you!) than it is to learn a whole new letter... but I have a dream! A dream to speak Korean with actual Korean sounds! Well, a dream to some - a nightmare to others! Sorry, could not resist the Excalibur reference.
This was by far the clearest and most practical explanation for the difference between ㅅ and ㅆ! Thank you so much! I just have one follow-up question. Would you also say that the ㅅ in, say, 사 is also aspirated, whereas the ㅆ in 싸 is not?
The explanation was the slightest bit confusing but when you compared the first two variations of the character I could tell the difference. Thanks heaps!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
Wow...this Channel is Amazing. You cannot find these kind of excellant explanations anywhere on the web. Thank you so much. I just started learning korean and all my little hurdles im facing currently are being well explained here. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Germany
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
It was taking me a lot of time to understand the pronunciation, cause in my mind I knew it wasn't the same sound as english but now that you explained I'll try to replicate the sounds thank you!!
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this???
This video is super helpful. I knew there were differences in how ㅅ is pronounced according to the following vowel, but i could never get close to the exact pronunciation. The pronunciation of ㅅ + ㅣ ,etc is brand new knowledge for me. Thank you. A remaining question. I think I often hear ㅅ + ㅏ often pronounced almost like ts + ah. Why am I hearing this?
This is awesome, super helpful. I'd love to see more videos like this, particularly if you could include some IPA phonetic transcriptions of Korean words instead of just phonemic transcriptions or English transliterations.
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I would be most grateful if you could tell me where to place the tip of the tongue when producing the ㅅ and ㅆ consonants and whether or not the placement of tip of the tongue changes when articulating the syllables 시 or 씨 as well as some others.
This is really helpful..I've been puzzled with why the S sound like a soft TH or like a lisp at times lol hopefully you could make another video about that TH sound. Thank you! 🥳
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (되었습니다) they say it is pronounce as (되얻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (되어씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??
I just wanna ask when ㅆ is followed by ㅅ like (있습니다) they say it is pronounce as (읻씁니다) but I keep on hearing it as (이씁니다) same in vice versa can you explain more about this??