Hangul

Why 감사합니다 sounds like 감사함니다

Hangul spelling lies beautifully. Here's the decoder.

L’explication est en anglais. Les lignes coréennes et le sens suivent votre langue.

Sound rules shift letters at syllable boundaries: ㄱ + ㅎ → ㅋ (축하 → 추카), and final ㄷ/ㅅ/ㅆ all snap to [t] before a pause.

Liaison: a final consonant hops to an empty vowel slot. 한국어 sounds 한-구-거. 음악 sounds 유막 — trust your ears over your eyes.

You don't memorize these — you absorb them by reading aloud. But knowing they EXIST stops the 'wait, why?' spiral.

Dites ceci

  • 감사합니다

    gamsahamnida

    merci (formel)

  • 한국어

    hangugeo (sounds hanguguh → han-gu-geo)

    Korean language

  • 축하해요

    chukahaeyo

    congrats (ㄱ+ㅎ → ㅋ)

  • 같이

    gachi

    together (ㄷ+ㅣ → ㅊ)

Vérifier

  1. 같이 is pronounced…

  2. Type 'thank you' (formal)