SIMPLE CONSONANT 4:ㄹ

ㄹThis is pronounced ‘L’ when it occurs at the beginning of a word and ‘r’ when it occurs within a word. Its korean name is ‘liul’. It’s pronounced pretty much the same way it is written but with the sound ‘u’ stressed at the end of the last ‘l’ sound. It is like a single rolled Spanish ‘r’ or like the ‘tt’ in ‘butter’ in some American dialects.  If there are two of them together, it becomes a solid ‘l’. For more insight check out my online video tutorial;

Korean words beginning with the sound  ‘ㄹ’

ㄹ never occurs at the beginning of a Korean word, though it can occur at the beginning of borrowed words

‘Lamp’

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램프

 'rotary'                                                 rotari;             로타리

'(cigarette) lighter                             raitǒ                 라이터

Korean words ending with the sound  ‘ㄹ’

1 One	eel	일
7 Seven	cheel	칠
8 Eight	Pahl	팔
Monday	wuhryoheel	월요일
Tuesday	hwa-yoheel	화요일
Today	Ohnul	오늘
Tomorrow	Neheel	내일

Korean words  with the sound  ‘ㄹ’ in its centre

Approximately	deh-ryak	대략
Down	ah-reh	아래
Straight ahead.	ahpooroh chikdjin	앞으로 직진.
Under	ah reh	아래
Blue	pah rahn sehk	파란색
Difficult	uhryuptaa	어렵다.
Dirty	duhruptah	더럽다.
Fast	paroodaa	빠르다.
New	sehrohwoon	새로운
Noisy	sihkooruhwoon	시끄러운
Old (about things)	ohrehdwehdaa	오래되다.
Knife	kar i ye yo	칼이예요
Leg	da ri	다리

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