Pronunciation

Here's what we've done: we've taken the dictionary form of the verb, removed the to get the stem, and added the appropriate ending.

Verb	Stem	Ending	Result
(to go)

That’s the written half. However...

If you've been through the section on the Korean alphabet, you know that the sounds of certain letters shift depending upon their position relative to other letters, and one of the most important sound shifts is:

When is followed by , the is pronounced like (m), not the normal p.

This means that you pronounce as if it were ; kaM-ni-da, not kap-ni-da;

You pronounce as if it were ; choh-seuM-ni-da, not choh-seup-ni-da.

Formal Endings

Grammar Index

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