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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "음악" in Korean?
eu-mak. The ㅁ of 음 moves forward into the vowel-initial 악, so the written blocks and the spoken syllables are cut differently.
eumak
Two beats after the shift. The word demonstrates resyllabification inside a single word rather than across a particle boundary, which is the more common place learners first meet it.
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저는 매일 저녁 음악을 들어요.
Jeoneun maeil jeonyeok eumageul deureoyo.
I listen to music every evening.
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저는 매일 저녁 음악을 들어요 attaches 을, so the trapped ㄱ moves forward and voices: eu-ma-geul. And 들어요 shows the ㄷ-irregular of 듣다, where the stem consonant has become a ㄹ and then a tap.
Where English speakers slip
Rounding that ㅡ into 'oo-mak' is the vowel error, and pronouncing the blocks separately -- 'eum-ak' with a break -- is the structural one. Spread the lips and let the ㅁ carry across, so the word runs as two smooth syllables.