Jeongsu (정수) is a Korean student living in Busan. One day, he finds an old letter from his grandmother who lived in Seoul. The letter is messy—some letters are squished, some sounds seem to disappear, and others change completely. To read it aloud properly, Jeongsu must apply all the major Korean reading rules .
This story covers used in natural Korean pronunciation. Hangul- Full List of Reading Rules in Korean
"말근 날레 항년이 올라갈쑤록 조은 생가기 만타. 독또처럼 임는 옷, 꼬츨 꼬지며 일련 내내 일근 책이 가치 노인 길. 안자서 설랄을 기다려." Summary Table of All Rules from the Story | # | Rule Name | Example | Change | |---|-----------|---------|--------| | 1 | Nasalization (ㄱ→ㅇ) | 학년 | 항년 | | 2 | Nasalization (ㅂ→ㅁ) | 입는 | 임는 | | 3 | Tensing (ㄱ/ㄷ/ㅂ + cons) | 독도 | 독또 | | 4 | 7 Final Sounds | 꽃 | 꼳 (ㄷ sound) | | 5 | Resyllabification | 꽃을 | 꼬츨 | | 6 | ㅎ Elimination | 좋은 | 조은 | | 7 | Aspiration (ㅎ+ㄷ→ㅌ) | 많다 | 만타 | | 8 | Palatalization (ㄷ+이→ㅈ) | 같이 | 가치 | | 9 | Lateralization (ㄴ+ㄹ→ㄹ+ㄹ) | 일년 | 일련 | | 10 | Double Batchim (ㄹㄱ+ vowel) | 읽은 | 일근 | | 11 | Double Batchim (ㄴㅈ+ vowel) | 앉아 | 안자 | | 12 | Tensing after ㄹ (ㅅ→ㅆ) | 갈수록 | 갈쑤록 | | 13 | ㅎ + ㄱ/ㄷ/ㅂ/ㅈ → ㅋ/ㅌ/ㅍ/ㅊ | 놓고 | 노코 | Jeongsu (정수) is a Korean student living in Busan
