Hi, may I ask why is this 있어요 read as isseoyo but this is 겠지만 as gettjiman?? How could I know if its supposed to read as "s" or "t"? Can you tell me how to differentiate it? Thank you ^^
However for #2 there's an exception and it has something to do with 연음화( http://youtu.be/L7OwY15AusQ ). Let's consider characters that start with vowels - 아, 에, 오, 유, 엇, 있, 어, 앙, 우, .. and so on. There are many of them but they all start with the initial consonant 'ㅇ' which does not have any sound value [1].
When the character that has an ending consonant is placed in front of the vowel starting character, the ending consonant usually replaces the initial 'ㅇ' as far as pronunciation is concerned (only the pronunciation -not the way it is spelled). As a result, often pronunciations of some Korean words are different than how they are written. For example in '닷을', the ending consonant 'ㅅ' meets 'ㅇ' and becomes [다슬] in pronunciation. Now looking at the pronunciation part, the 'ㅅ' in [다슬] is an initial consonant and hence following the rule #1 it will sound like 's'.
[1] 'ㅇ' has no sound value as an initial consonant but will have [ng] sound as an ending consonant.
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Normally 'ㅅ' will sound:
Normally 'ㅅ' will sound:
#1 's' as an initial consonant - 사랑 = [sa-rang]
#2 't' as an ending consonant. - 닷컴 = [dat-keom]
However for #2 there's an exception and it has something to do with 연음화( http://youtu.be/L7OwY15AusQ ). Let's consider characters that start with vowels - 아, 에, 오, 유, 엇, 있, 어, 앙, 우, .. and so on. There are many of them but they all start with the initial consonant 'ㅇ' which does not have any sound value [1].
When the character that has an ending consonant is placed in front of the vowel starting character, the ending consonant usually replaces the initial 'ㅇ' as far as pronunciation is concerned (only the pronunciation -not the way it is spelled). As a result, often pronunciations of some Korean words are different than how they are written. For example in '닷을', the ending consonant 'ㅅ' meets 'ㅇ' and becomes [다슬] in pronunciation. Now looking at the pronunciation part, the 'ㅅ' in [다슬] is an initial consonant and hence following the rule #1 it will sound like 's'.
[1] 'ㅇ' has no sound value as an initial consonant but will have [ng] sound as an ending consonant.
감사합니다.. ^^
감사합니다.. ^^