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Need help understanding Korean phonetics!!
So I was reading something where the main characters name was Boksil. I was curious on how to say it so I looked it up. It’s pronounced boke-she, boke like woke, she like she. I’ve been butchering it so bad up till now ╥﹏╥ Can someone explain how the English lettering representation translates phonetic wise to Korean???
If you’re confused on what I’m asking I mean like for example if I were explaining how Spanish phonetics differ from English when reading I would say “j=h” and “h=silent”
I know there’s probably a lot of Korean words that just don’t translate well to English lettering but I want to try my best to understand a little more.
Let me try a bit, so I’m assuming the original name is 복실 or 뽘실 in korean. If you write it out it would be Boksil, however if you have s and I together it will turn into a sh sound. ㄹ is a character that can be read as L or R depending on the position. The proper way to pronounce it would be bok the O and the ending reading similar to �...... 1 reply
if their name is boksil the “bok” (복) will just sound like bok, with the “o” sounding like the o in okra and not the o in stock. “sil” (실) will sound like “shil”, but the i will sound like a mixture of “ee” and “i”. it’s kind of hard to describe the pronunciation for korean words that end in il, or 뭐뭐 “일” , s...... reply
