This is the full sentence: 넌 아무 말 안 해 아 제발 내가 잘할게 I don't know any Korean, but just trying to pronounce. I hear "Chalgalkke" via Google Translate pronounce. The initial position makes the ㅈ sound like ㅊ because of light aspiration. However, I don't understand why the 할 sounds likeㄱ+ㅏ+ㄹ (gal), and 게 sounds like ㄲ + ㅔ (kke). I couldn't find the rules for these online. Anyone can shed some light?
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1It has no /g/ sound. “ㄹ” might sound /d/, /r/, or /l/ to English ears. So maybe that's why.– Константин ВанJan 7, 2019 at 6:39
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@КонстантинВан I'm studying Japanese and I think it's very similar to the Japanese "r" (らりるれろ）, which sounds like r/d/l, but over here, I heard "g" for some reason.– CreativiTimothyJan 8, 2019 at 0:28
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1Right, good catch. IPA helps here. Consonants in the ら-row make the voiced alveolar flap sound /ɾ/ right after a vowel. And so does a ㄹ initial that is not preceded by a ㄹ final. For the /g/-sounding ― no clue, sorry.– Константин ВанJan 8, 2019 at 2:45
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1Can I ask what your native language is? @CreativiTimothy That likely influences your perception also of ㅎ vs ㄱ.– MichaelyusJan 8, 2019 at 10:08
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@Michaelyus English– CreativiTimothyJan 8, 2019 at 21:07
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The standard pronunciation for “잘할게” (Verb “잘하다” ＋ Ending conjugation “-ᆯ게”) is [잘할께], one of the possible transliterations of which is “Chalhalkke.” And the rule applied is Tensation, Tensification or Unaspiration (경음화 (硬音化) or 된소리되기 in Korean).
Korean language standard, Part Ⅱ (“Standard pronunciation”), §6 (“Tensation”), Clause 27.
“ㄱ,” “ㄷ,” “ㅂ,” “ㅅ,” and “ㅈ” right after the en-modifier conjugation “-ᆯ” or “-을” get tensed (unaspirated).
관형사형 ‘-(으)ᆯ’ 뒤에 연결되는 ‘ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ’은 된소리로 발음한다.
- 할 것을[할꺼슬]
- 갈 데가[갈떼가]
- 할 바를[할빠를]
- 할 수는[할쑤는]
- 할 적에[할쩌게]
- 갈 곳[갈꼳]
- 할 도리[할또리]
- 만날 사람[만날싸람]
Exception: they're pronounced as lax sounds when pronouncing the two separately.
다만, 끊어서 말할 적에는 예사소리로 발음한다.
[Addendum] The same goes for conjugations beginning with “-ᆯ” or “-을.”
[붙임] ‘-(으)ᆯ’로 시작되는 어미의 경우에도 이에 준한다.
- 할걸[할껄]
- 할밖에[할빠께]
- 할세라[할쎄라]
- 할수록[할쑤록]
- 할지라도[할찌라도]
- 할지언정[할찌언정]
- 할진대[할찐대]
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This is great! Do you know if there's a complete pronunciation rule list in English for Korean? If not, it's fine but helpful for beginners like me who mainly want to sing Korean. Jan 8, 2019 at 3:53
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2@CreativiTimothy There have been quite a few books published on the "Sounds of Korean". Wikipedia's Korean phonology page is pretty good. Jan 8, 2019 at 10:12
Consider a word of the form (consonant + vowel + consonant-a)(consonant-b + vowel + ...)
1) Here we have difficulty in pronouncing consonant-a so that we mix a,b or strength b
For instance, 국밥(boiled rice served in soup), 할게 sounds like 국빱, 할께
And 잘할게 is 자+ㄹ할+케. (Here ㅎ is pronounced weakly so that extremely speaking, it sounds like 자랄께, 자라깨 or 자랏깨)
2) Not changing case : 점박이 (dotted animal) is 점바기
Note that there is no change in ㅁㅂ and a change in ㄱo
Recall the order of consonant ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ o ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ
In my thought, there is short distance between ㅁ and ㅂ and a large distance between ㄱ and o
