Korean in a Hurry. Samuel E. Martin

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      Lesson 3

      SOUND CHANGES

      When you link words together without pausing between, certain sound changes take place. If the first word ends in a consonant and the second begins with a vowel the final consonant of the first word is pronounced as the initial consonant of the second word:

sǒm‿i	island (as subject)	=sǒ-mi
sǒm‿e	to the island	=sǒ-me
If the final consonant is p, t, ch, or k it changes in sound to b, d, j, or g:
ch’aek‿i	book (as subject)	ch’ae-gi
Han-guk‿e	to Korea	Han-gu-ge
pap‿i	cooked rice (as subject)	pa-bi
nach‿e	in the daytime	na-je
If the final consonant is l, it changes in sound to r:
il‿i	work (as subject)	=i-ri
mul‿ǔl	water (as object)	=mu-rǔl
Now if the first word ends in a voiced sound (a vowel or m, n, ng, or l) and the second word begins with p, t, ch, or k this changes to b, d, j, or g:
Ilbon‿to	Japan too	Il-bon-do
ch’aek‿ie‿yo	it’s a book	A’ae-gi-e-yo
i‿kǒ‿pose‿yo	just look at this	i-gǒ-bo-se-yo
kǔ‿taǔm	next to that	kǔ-da-ǔm
kǔ‿chǒn‿e	before that	kǔ-jǒ-ne
If the second word begins with m or n and the first word ends in p, t, or k these change to m, n, and ng respectively:
chip‿mada	every house	chim-ma-da
mot‿mǒgǒ	can’t eat	mon-mo-go
ch’aek‿mada	every book	ch’aeng-ma-da
The combinations tp, ts, and tk usually sound like pp, ss, and kk:
mot‿pwa‿yo	can’t see	mo-ssa-yo
mot‿sa‿yo	can’t buy	mo-ssa-yo
mot‿ka‿yo	can’t go	mo-kka-yo

      At the end of a word before a pause or another consonant, the only consonants which occur are p, t, k, m, n, ng, and l. But there are a few words which have basic forms (the forms you hear when linked with a following word beginning with a vowel) in other consonant combinations. These are changed as follows (see also Lesson 17):

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BEFORE VOWEL	BEFORE PAUSE OR CONSONANT
P’	P
ap’‿e in front	ap front; ap‿to front too
PS	F
kaps‿i price (subj.)	kap price; kap‿to price too
S	T