-는 김에 with the opportunity of doing

A는 김에 B

means ‘doing B with the opportunity of doing A“, and it is often translated as ‘while’ or ‘since’ in English. -는 김에 is usually used with 가다/오다 verbs but not all the time.

The present tense conjugation is -는 김에 and the past tense is -(으)ㄴ 김에. For example,

부산에 가는 김에 부산에 사는 친구도 만날 거예요. (I am going to Busan, with this opportunity, I am going to meet a friend who lives in Busan.)

우체국에 가는 김에 이 편지도 좀 보내 주세요. (You are going to the post office, with the opportunity, please send this letter too.)

너 세탁소 가는 김에 내 옷도 좀 맡겨 주면 안 될까? (Since you are going to the laundry shop, could you please take mine too?)

부모님 선물 사는 김에 동생 것도 하나 주문하려고요. (Since I am buying a gift for my parents, I am also going to order one for my sister.)

명동에 온 김에 우리 쇼핑이나 하고 갈까요? (Since we are in Myoungdong, shall we go shopping too?)

이렇게 오신 김에 차라도 한 잔 하고 가세요. (Since you are already here, please have a cup of tea.)

 

너 새 신발 사는 김에 내 것도 하나 사 줘!!!!! (Since you are shopping, buy mine too!!!!)  ㅋㅋ

Pronunciation change 5 – ㅇand ㄹ

When ㅁ, ㅇ final consonant meets ㄹ, ㄹ sound will turn into ㄴ. For example,

Examples>

정리[정니]
대통령[대통녕]
종로[종노]
강릉[강능]
침략[침냑]
심란[심난]

 

You can listen to the audio file by clicking here. 

 

[Hangeul] Pronunciation change 4 – Nasalization

This pronunciation is about ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ final consonants. When ㄱ,ㄷ,ㅂ final consonants sounds meet ㄴ,ㅁ which are nasal sounds, they turn into ㅇ,ㄴ,ㅁ.

ㄱ(ㄲ,ㅋ)	+	ㄴ, ㅁ	->	ㅇ
ㄷ(ㅌ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅎ)				ㄴ
ㅂ(ㅂ,ㅍ)				ㅁ

 

Examples>

박물관[방물관]
육년[융년]
십만[심만]
백만[뱅만]
집만[짐만]
앞만[암만]
있는[인는]
받는[단는]
놓는[논는]

You can listen to audio files for the examples by clicking here.

 

 

Hangeul 1 – Single Vowels

Korean Characters

Hangeul 1- 8 Single Vowels 

There are 40 characters in Korean, which are 21 vowels and 19 consonants.  The vowels can be divided to the single vowels and the double vowels.  There are 8 single vowels and 13 double vowels.

We are going to learn the single vowels in this page.

* Single vowels
You should not move your mouth or tongue while you are pronouncing single vowels. 

1) ㅏ  ‘a’ as in ‘father’, ‘spa’
[Click here to watch a video for ㅏ]

2) ㅓ ‘awe’ as in ‘awesome’ and ‘au’ as in ‘August’
[Click here to watch a video for ㅓ]

3) ㅗ ‘o’ as in ‘ghost’, ‘sofa’, however you shouldn’t move your mouth shape.
[Click here to watch a video for ㅗ]

4) ㅜ ‘oo’ as in ‘zoo’, ‘too’. You should make your lips as a round shape. 
[Click here to watch a video for ㅜ]

5) ㅡ There is no pronunciation in English that is similar to this, however you can think of an extremely freezing day, you can make this sound 🙂
[Click here to watch a video for ㅡ]

6) ㅣ’e’ as in ‘me’, ‘see’
[Click here to watch a video for ㅣ]

7-8) ㅔ/ㅐ ‘에’ is similar to ‘e’ as in ‘set, bed’ and ‘애’ is similar to ‘a’ as in ‘dad’, ‘bat’. But many Koreans don’t recognize the difference.
[Click here to watch a video for ㅔ and ㅐ]

Hangeul 6 – Consonants (Aspirated, Strong air)

Hangeul 6 – Consonants (Aspirated, Strong air)

These four consonants are similar to the consonants that we have learned in Hangeul 4 – Consonants(Relax, less air), however these have a lot of air when you make sounds.

15) ㅋ ‘k’

With the video, you can practice ‘카, 커, 코, 쿠, 크, 키, 케, 캐’

 

16) ㅌ ‘t’

With the video, you can practice ‘타, 터, 토, 투, 트, 티, 테, 태’

17) ㅍ ‘p’

With the video, you can practice ‘파, 퍼, 포, 푸, 프, 피, 페, 패’

18) ㅊ ‘ch’

With the video, you can practice ‘차, 처, 초, 추, 츠, 치, 체, 채’

Vocabulary flash cards for ‘ㅋ’ ‘ㅌ’ ‘ㅍ’ ‘ㅊ’ -> http://quizlet.com/28340673/hangul4-flash-cards/

You can practice these sounds with the consonants(relax and less air) with these videos below.
* ‘ㄱ’ and ‘ㅋ’

* ‘ㄷ’ and ‘ㅌ’

* ‘ㅂ’ and ‘ㅍ’

* ‘ㅈ’ and ‘ㅊ’

Hangeul 7 – The last consonants!!!

19) ㅎ ‘h’

Vocabulary flash cards for ‘ㅎ’ -> http://quizlet.com/28340790/hangul-5-flash-cards/

With this video, you can practice ‘하, 허, 호, 후, 흐, 히, 헤, 해’

 

Hangeul 8 – Final consonants

Hangeul 8-  7 Final consonants

In Korean

1) ㄴ ‘n’

2) ㅁ ‘m’

3) ㅇ ‘ng’

4) ㄹ ‘l’

5) ㄱ(ㄲ,ㅋ) ‘k’

: ㄱ, ㄲ, ㅋ are the same sound(ㄱ) when they are locate in an ending consonant.    e.g) 억 = 엌

6) ㅂ(ㅍ) ‘p’

: ㅂandㅍ are the same sound(ㅂ) when they are locate in an ending consonant.   e.g) 입 = 잎

7) ㄷ(ㅌ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅎ) ‘t’

:  ㄷ,ㅌ,ㅅ,ㅆ,ㅈ,ㅊ,ㅎ are the same sound(ㄷ) when they are locate in an ending consonant.    e.g) 읻 = 잍 = 잇 = 있 = 잊 = 잋 = 잏

If you have any question, please leave a reply.

[Hangeul] Pronunciation changes 1

의 : [의], [이], [에]

 

‘의’ is very tricky one.

(1) [의] – When ‘의’ is in the first letter, we read this as the original sound [의].
e.g) 의사, 의자

(2) [이] – When it takes place at the second letter, we read this as [이].
e,g) 회의, 주의

(3) [에] – When it means ‘of’ in English which takes place between two nouns, we read this as [에].         e.g) 선생님의 딸[선생님에 딸 -> 선생니메 딸], 컵의 모양[컵에 모양 -> 커베 모양

 

You can listen to the pronunciation here.