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003 [ l = ㄹ, m = ㅁ ]'라' pronunced 'la' and "마" pronunced "ma"

easy Korean 2022. 10. 3. 17:12

Korean is divided into consonants and vowels.
consonants : ㄱㄴㄷ ㅁㅂㅅㅇㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ
vowels : ㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅡㅣ


The fourth consonant 'ㄹ' sounds like 'l'and the first vowels 'ㅏ' sounds like 'a'.
Two letters be combined to become '라' sounds like 'la'.



Same pronunciation as La La ('라라') Land.
라라 land recorded 3,762,700 cumulative audiences in Korea.
And it has made many parodies on TV and YouTube.

[Source] https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EB%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C#/media/%ED%8C%8C%EC%9D%BC:La_la_land.jpg

 

 

 

Now, you can read a word with '라'

나라/nara/ means nation. 

r is also written as 'ㄹ' like l. ( 라 = la = ra )

 

[Source]https://pixabay.com/images/id-1301850/

 



When it comes to song that start with '라',
the music video for 'LALISA(라리사)' surpassed 500 million views on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/awkkyBH2zEo

 





consonants : ㄱㄴㄷㄹ ㅂㅅㅇㅈㅊㅋㅌㅍㅎ
And the fifth consonant 'ㅁ' sounds like 'm'.
'ㅁ' and 'ㅏ' be combined to become '마' sounds like 'ma'.


Same pronunciation as llama which is a South American animal that has a long neck and thick fur.
Also, called '라마(lama)' in Korea.




Mar is also pronunced as '마'.




When it comes to song that start with '마',
the music video for 'Maria(마리아)' surpassed 260 million views on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/tDukIfFzX18