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Korean Syllables Form?
Well, lately i've been trying to learn a little Korean (i know its a difficult language to study all by yourself) so i started to do some basic stuff about it. What im trying to do is writing the romanization versions of some lyrics with korean alphabet. Mostly i can do it but sometimes i split the syllables in wrong parts. Here's a couple of examples, and btw i have no idea whether these words mean anything:
맘인데 this is as you see the word "maminde" and i had written it as 마민데
useum chaja: what i wrote was 우슴 차자, and it was supposed to be 웃음 찾아. As far as i know, if ㅅ is used in the final position, it is written as "t".
So what i want to learn is that whether there are rules about splitting the syllables. How will i know when to end a syllable and start a new one? And a final note; im writing with my phone's keyboard so the syllables are formed automatically.
i guess i messed the question up a little bit. hope you got what i wanted to explain. Thanks in advance.
1 Answer
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
It would be advisable to widen your vocabulary so that you would easily recognize words and know when to split them. For instance, 맘 in 맘인데 is a shorthand way of writing 마음 which refers to a person's will, while 인데 is a conjugation of the verb 이다 (to be).
For 웃음 찾아, 웃 means smile of laughter so if you know this word, you'll easily recognize that they should belong to one syllable. You are correct about ㅅ having a "t" sound when in the final position such as in 웃 (ut), but when the syllable following begins with a vowel sound, it becomes "s".
Example:
1) 웃었어 (laughed) - useosseo
2) 웃지마 (do not laugh) - utjima
In 1, ㅅ is followed by the "eo" sound which is a vowel, so it becomes "s". The same goes with the ᄊ there.
In 2, ㅅ is followed by the "j" sound which is a consonant, so it becomes "t"
About your phone's keyboard, yes it will automatically form the syllables but you have to pay attention to each character you are typing. For example, you may be trying to type "useum chaja" and as you hear it, you recognize the characters to be:
ᄋ ᅮ (u)
스ᄆ (seum)
ᄎ ᅡ (cha)
ᄌ ᅡ (ja)
so your phone will input 우슴 차자. This is because you left out the ᄋ character after 웃. A lot of people forget to type ᄋ at the initial position, and since you cannot begin a syllable with directly a vowel, the consonant in the previous syllable gets dragged into the next syllable.
In summary, familiarizing yourself with the words would help you form the syllables correctly aka practice makes perfect. :D