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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "어머니" in Korean?
eo-meo-ni. Two unrounded ㅓ vowels in a row and then a tight 'ee' -- no lip rounding anywhere in the word.
eomeoni
Three syllables at the same speed, and the first two share a vowel. English speakers want to put an accent on one of them, usually the second, and the moment they do the other vowels start collapsing toward schwa.
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어머니는 요리를 아주 잘하세요.
Eomeonineun yorireul aju jalhaseyo.
My mother cooks very well.
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어머니는 요리를 아주 잘하세요 uses the honorific ending and lets 잘하세요 lenite its ㅎ after the ㄹ, so the verb lands close to ja-ra-se-yo at speed. The noun itself is entirely voiced and has no closures in it at all.
Where English speakers slip
Rounding either ㅓ gives 'oh-mo-ni', a very common way to distort this word, and having two of them doubles the risk. Keep the lips slack for the first two syllables and flat for the third as well, since no part of this word involves lip rounding.