Hello, friends!
Welcome back to your daily Korean adventure! Today, we’re looking at another fun pronunciation rule. If you’ve been following along, this will be a piece of cake!
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🔍 Today’s Rule
When the final consonant ㅊ (ch) meets the following vowel 이 (i)…
➡️ The pronunciation changes to ㅉ (jj)!
So:
ㅊ + 이 → 찌 (jji)
Remember: This is only a pronunciation change. The spelling stays the same!
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🧠 Why does this happen?
In Korean, when a strong consonant like ㅊ is followed by a soft vowel like 이, it often gets reinforced to a tense consonant (ㅉ) for smoother, more natural pronunciation.
This change happens especially in casual speech, so it’s good to get used to it!
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📘 Examples
Word Spelling Pronunciation Meaning
꽃이 kkoch + i 꼬찌 (kko-jji) The flower (subject particle)
맞혔이 mat-ch + i 마쪄시 (ma-jjyeo-si) (he/she) guessed right (spoken form)
밭이 bat + i 바찌 (ba-jji) The field (spoken form)
Note: These are spoken pronunciations. In writing, they remain as is.
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🗣 Practice Time!
Try reading these out loud:
• 꽃이 → 꼬찌
• 밭이 → 바찌
• 같이 (gat-i) → sometimes sounds like 가찌 in fast speech!
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Great job today!
Each of these small pronunciation shifts brings you closer to sounding like a native speaker. Keep it up, and I’ll see you tomorrow with another bite-sized Korean tip!
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