Korean Liaison & Linking Rules (์ฐ์ ๋ฒ์น): Speaking Fluidly
Why is ํ ์๋ฒ์ง pronounced ํ๋ผ๋ฒ์ง? Learn how batchim consonants naturally float into empty vowel slots in fluid spoken Korean.
If you read Korean word-by-word like a robot ("ํ - ์ - ๋ฒ - ์ง"), native speakers will immediately know you are reading textbook transcriptions.
In real life, native Koreans say "ํ๋ผ๋ฒ์ง" (Ha-ra-beon-ji). This is caused by Liaison (์ฐ์ ๋ฒ์น - Yeon-eum Beop-chik), where a bottom batchim consonant slides into the placeholder circle (ใ ) of the following vowel.
The Core Mechanism: The Silent Placeholder "ใ "
Remember that when a syllable begins with the vowel circle "ใ " (like ์, ์ด, ์ค, ์ด), the "ใ " has NO sound of its own โ it is simply a visual placeholder.
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