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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "차갑다" in Korean?
cha-gap-tta. An aspirated ㅊ at the front, a voiced g in the middle, and a tensed ㄸ at the end -- one consonant from each of the three series.
chagapda
Level delivery across three blocks. What makes the word useful is that it lays out the whole three-way contrast in order -- aspirated, plain, tensed, one per syllable -- with no need to hunt for minimal pairs.
Listen: 차갑다
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Sound it out
Hear it in a sentence
물이 아주 차가워요.
Muri aju chagawoyo.
The water is very cold.
Listen: 물이 아주 차가워요.
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물이 아주 차가워요 gives the ㅂ-irregular form cha-ga-wo-yo, and 물이 in front lets its ㄹ tap into the particle, producing mu-ri. The sentence turns a stop into a glide and a lateral into a flap in the space of five syllables.
Where English speakers slip
Learners flatten all three consonants into English-style stops, which erases exactly what this word is good for. Give the ㅊ real breath, keep the ㄱ soft and voiced, and squeeze the throat for the final one. Under-aspirating the first also drifts toward 자갑다, which is not a word but does sound like the wrong start.