Nasalization

2014-10-04T12:40:06Z

Kucing:

==Description==
When a ㄴ, ㄹ, or ㅁ interacts with other consonants, sometimes it undergoes "nasalization." Nasalization basically means it forces another consonant (and/or itself in the case of the ㄹ) to become a nasal sound (ㄴ, ㅇ, or ㅁ).

This rule is called 비음화 in Korean.

==Cases==

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"
|-
! First syllable Consonant
! Second syllable Consonant
! Becomes
! Examples
|-
| ㄱ/ㄲ/ㅋ
| ㄴ/ㄹ
|
*ㄱ/ㄲ/ㅋ → ㅇ
*ㄴ/ㄹ→ ㄴ
|
*학년 → [항년]
*국내 → [궁내]
*꼬락내 (feet smell) → [꼬랑내]
*득남 → [등남]
*득녀 → [등녀]
*막내 → [망내]
*속눈썹 → [송눈썹]
*욕망 → [용망]
*작년 (last year)→ [장년]
*저녁노을 → [저녕노을]
*폭력 → [퐁녁]
*독립 → [동닙]
|-
| ㄱ/ㄲ/ㅋ
| ㅁ
|
* ㄱ/ㄲ/ㅋ → ㅇ
|
*각막 → [강막]
*곡물 → [공물]
*국물 → [궁물]
*국민 → [궁민]
*국민 → [궁민]
*박물관 → [방물관]
*북미 → [붕미]
*색맹 → [생맹]
*식물 → [싱물]
*악마 → [앙마]
*악몽 (nightmare) → [앙몽]
*한국말 (Korean language) → [한궁말]
*목마르다 → [몽마르다]
*부엌 문 → [부엉 문]
|-
| ㅇ
| ㄹ
|
* ㄹ → ㄴ
|
*종로 → [종노]
*종료 → [종뇨]
*청량리 → [청냥니]
*정리 → [정니]
*승리 → [승니]

|-
| ㅎ
| ㄴ
|
* ㅎ → ㄴ
|
*논현 → [논년]
|-
| ㄴ
| ㅎ
|
* ㅎ → ㄴ
|
*반하다 → [반하다/반나다]
|-
|-
| ᆮ/ᇀ/ᆺ/ᆻ/ᆽ/ᆾ
| ㄴ/ㄹ
|
* ᆮ/ᇀ/ᆺ/ᆻ/ᆽ/ᆾ → ㄴ
* ㄴ/ㄹ → ㄴ
|
*덧니 → [던니]
*있는 → [인는]
*송곳니 → [송곤니]
*받는 → [반는]
*존댓말 → [존댄말]
*했나 → [핸나]
|-
| ᆮ/ᇀ/ᆺ/ᆻ/ᆽ/ᆾ
| ㅁ
|
* ᆮ/ᇀ/ᆺ/ᆻ/ᆽ/ᆾ → ㄴ
|
*거짓말 → [거진말]
|-
| ᆸ/ᇁ
| ㄴ/ㄹ
|
*ㅂ/ㅍ → ㅁ
*ㄴ/ㄹ → ㄴ
|
*십륙 → [심뉵]
*왕십리 → [왕심니]
|-
| ㅁ
| ㄹ
|
* ㄹ → ㄴ
|
* 심리 → [심니]
|-
| ㄴ
| ㄹ (in a compound noun)
|
* ㄹ → ㄴ
|
* 테헤란로 → [테헤란노]
|}

==Advanced Note==
* A note for intermediate learners: You should also remember that when the second half of a compound noun begins with ㄹ as in ~로 (road) or ~리 (vilage), you must treat it as a ㄴ, even after another ㄴ. So while 신라 → [실라] is the norm, a street in Seoul called 테헤란로 becomes [테헤란노]. Another related phenomenon is when a compound noun's second half begins with 이 or a yod (야,얘,여,예,요,유). You insert a ㄴ and thus, 색_연필 becomes 생년필.

==Examples==

==See also==
*[[ㄲ + ㄴ, ㅁ]]
*[[ㅋ + ㄴ, ㅁ]]

[[Category:Consonant assimilation|ㄱ]]

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