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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "다리" in Korean?
da-ri. A quiet word-initial ㄷ, an open ㅏ, and a single tap onto a tight 'ee'.
dari
Two level syllables, and the last word in the course is one of the simplest: a plain stop, a tap and two clean vowels, with nothing tensed, aspirated or clustered anywhere in it.
Listen: 다리
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저 다리를 건너세요.
Jeo darireul geonneoseyo.
Cross that bridge.
Listen: 저 다리를 건너세요.
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저 다리를 건너세요 attaches the object particle to a vowel-final noun, and 건너세요 runs its ㄴ straight into the following ㄴ, giving a held double nasal in the middle of the verb.
Where English speakers slip
The American r is the last recurring error to fix, and here it is fully exposed because nothing else in the word competes for attention -- a Korean tap is one contact and it is over. A full English d at the front is the other, when word-initial ㄷ should be quiet enough to pass for a t.