For anybody wondering what the difference is between 바 and 파 when not in between two vowels/following a consonant, the primary signifier Seoul korean speakers use to distinguish them is actually the tone of the vowel. Vowels following word-initial ㅍ are pronounced higher than vowels following word-initial ㅂ. If you aspirate both the same, then they will look to the tone of the vowel to distinguish.
Your pronounciation videos are SO much clearer than what we were learning in university Korean classes yet they're free and only around 5-10 minutes 😭😭😭😭 thank you so much!!
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. When she said paella as an example of ㅃ, then I thought to myself "oh, it's just the Spanish p", but then she compared it to the Chinese 8 (ba) as well which I've learned to pronounced as in between Spanish p and b, and so I'm not completely sure ㅃ is just the Spanish p.
@@bryannsotomayor2575 Actually Spanish "P" is almost similar as Korean "ㅃ". But the fact is that Spanish "P" is not tensed, and Korean "ㅃ" is tensed. For example "오빠" (Oppa) is a Korean word which means "Big Brother". Do you wanna write "오빠" as "Opa"? No. "ㅃ" is tensed, so when it goes to middle, it sounds double. Example is "오빠" (oPPa). Spanish "P" is not tensed, so when it goes to middle, it never sounds double. For example Spanish Word "España". You will pronounce this word as "esPanya", but you never pronounce this word as "esPPanya".
Noté ese mismo patrón en las demás consonantes que ya había visto, pero tenía mis dudas. Gracias por el consejo, me ayudó a confirmarlo y continuar con seguridad.
i'm doing research right now on how native english speakers are typically unaware of the linguistic differences between the three way stop contrast in korean and it's so fantastic that you've chosen to give linguistic information like this while teaching! even when i learned korean in university the teachers left out so much information that led to students having terrible production of the three types of stops, we didn't even know that voicing isn't a distinctive feature in korean. this is seriously fantastic and i wish other teachers did it this way!
It's very counterintuitive to use romanization all the time and then learning it's actually really unusable for learning how to speak korean. But to hear the difference between b / ㅂ and p and learning about voicing and aspiration in this context helps me to understand a great deal more. Shortly I will be visiting an course to learn korean, I think your videos will help me a lot. Will report back how your videos impacted my learning 😉
after six months of studying Korean, still struggling with these letters... but finally got it. now I think I have to concentrate more on listening to be able to pick up the difference in the sound of each one. THANK YOU
@Nikos im Korean and born in korea (lived in Korea for 8 years and US for 8 years) Its hard to describe some pronounciation across languages (like there's no F in korean, there's no ㅉ or ㅃ in English etc)
I've watched more videos about this subject than I care to admit and yours truly is the best one, and I'm not saying this just to be nice. Fantastic work! I understood everything perfectly.
This is a godsend! Right at the beginning of learning the language, I knew that I wasn't supposed to be "puffing" so hard on those ㅂ's and ㅍ's but I couldn't figure out how to smoothly say the sound while keeping my breath to myself. Thank you!
I watched several of your videos about similar sound consonants. You explained them so well and scientifically. I will not forget them the way you explained. Much appreciated for your efforts and time for preparing such excellent educational video clips.
OMG I am so grateful for your videos! I was so frustrated with romanization, and I was struggling to hear the difference while I saw the roman letters. I think I finally get it!!! Thank you so much
I really like this video, thanks so much. I really wish someone would put together a series of videos to discuss the pronunciation of all Korean letters. I've been studying for about a year now (mostly reading/writing) but I always hear teachers say Korean letters aren't exact matches for similar English letters, and romanization can be close sometimes...but never exact....but then no one explains the technical aspects of how to pronounce each letter.
Boy oh Boy! I am SOOOOO glad you posted these videos! I was soooooo confused with the romanization. It's total trash and just made it 10xs more difficult to understand because if you're an English speaker your brain just wants to override the sound you're hearing with what those letters mean to you in ENGLISH. Then the Korean sounded so similar to certain japanese letters I was incredibly confused until I came to your videos. You're a life saver! thank you!!
만녕하헤요 샘이씨. I can't believe it's been a year since I watched this video. I was having problems again with my ㅂ, ㅍ, ㅃ, so I came back this video. Within minutes all the words I was pronouncing with these three consonants began appearing correctly in my Papago. Thanks for an easy explanation of how to properly pronounce Korean.
I am really impressed! You speak Chinese too? and your English is very fluent and proficient... and you have very good pronunciation. and now, Spanish too? 정말 대단해요!
3:12 my first language is not English. But what I know is, Dr Geoff Lindsey said that English people aspirate these letters P, K, T; because if they unaspirate P, K, T letters, it sounds as B,G,D. Another thing is English T and D are not pronounced by placing the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth, where Spanish, Japanese, Bengali, Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Arabic language pronounce T and D as placing the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth. English T and D are formed by placing the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge (the bump behind the front teeth). Yet IPA doesn't recognize this difference between English T, D and Other language's T, D. Both cases are only used as [t], [d] For example: English word "Drink" [dɹɪŋk] Japanese word "大"(dai) [dai] That's because maximum language pronounce T and D by placing the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth. Only English T, D are different than those languages.
I've been looking at many videos but this is by far the best breakdown. I am fluent in Spanish and English so this made so much sense. Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge with us. This is the first of your channel that I watched, but I will continue to review your material, especially, the differences between similar consonants as in this case. Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴
More comparisons with Chinese please, the 빠 八comparison was GOLD . Can you do a comparison between 鸡 其and 지,치? I suspect there might be some parallels there
I think ㅃ is somewhat close to the sound an English speaker would make for the sound of a trumpet or trombone: “♪ Ba-ba-ba! ♬” (as opposed to the sound of a sheep, written the same way).
Great video! I also noticed that sometimes what's transcribed as [m] at the beginning of a word is actually pronounced [b]. For instance, I heard someone in a video say 팝콘을 먹고 싶어요 and they pronounced 먹고 as [bɔkko]. Was I hearing things or is that common?
Don't worry about being repetitive, it actually helps a lot to hear it explained and compared Also, that paella hurt my feelings a little XD, "ll" sounds much more like an english j, and we actually aspirate the p I know this would help English speakers but I just had to say it
@@YourKoreanSaem I honestly thought you did, all of your Spanish references so far have been on point. Also, now that I think about it, "ll" sounds more like a "y" in yes, or you
1. "ㅃ" actually sounds as my Bengali language's "প" [p]. But "ㅃ" is tensed. In my language, sometimes we pronounce unaspirated [p] by tensed or non-tensed plainly. 2. "ㅍ" sound is equal to India's West Bengali "ফ" [pʰ] sound. But We Bangladeshi don't pronounce "ফ" as [pʰ] sound (korean "ㅍ" sound). We pronounce "ফ" as [ɸ], which is as same as Japanese ふ (f) sound. 3. "ㅂ" - this consonant is unvoiced minimal aspirated "p" sound. I have never herad this type of sound in any languages. I have no idea 'bout that.
I kinda visualize the aspiration as being at the front or at the back of my mouth.... is that correct? Like for almost no aspiration the sound stays at the back 😂😂😂
Do sound of few consonants change when they are placed as initial alphabet? Like at 5:56 it sound a like phabo but (바) sounded like ph (보) like b. Please tell
LOL never thought of this before! It's literally "mom", like the way Italians go Mamma Mia! In English "Oh My God" or "Jesus Christ" and so on - I guess Koreans call out to their mothers instead of God. XD
Wow I didn't know about that. Me and my Indian friends have a habit of saying "Mum-ma!" when we're surprised (like when someone pops in front of me out of nowhere) so I guess that's similar :D
6:42 okay at that point i was just dying like i think i'm more confused now 😂 and the way she laughs after she says it's like she knows that this sounds like nonsense to me and everyone else learning korean.