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Why Is Korean Pronunciation So Hard? The Three K Sounds
Korean pronunciation is hard mostly because of one split: ㄱ, ㅋ and ㄲ are three different consonants, and English ears have only k and g to sort them into.
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Korean Pronunciation Guide
Korean words get hard to pronounce where English habits misfire: Korean has three k sounds (ㄱ, ㅋ, ㄲ) to English's k and g, and the name Park has no R. The guides here split the trio into three cues you can train (a puff of air, a tightened throat, and the pitch of the next vowel), drill them with minimal pairs like 불, 풀 and 뿔, and show why Kim, Lee and Park sound closer to Geem, Ee and Bak.
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