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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "공원" in Korean?
gong-won. A held nasal in the middle runs straight into the w-glide, with no consonant reset between the syllables.
gongwon
No peak on either syllable. The seam is the point of interest: a nasal meeting a glide produces one continuous voiced stream, so nothing in the middle of this word stops or restarts.
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매일 아침 공원에서 달려요.
Maeil achim gongwoneseo dallyeoyo.
I run in the park every morning.
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매일 아침 공원에서 달려요 attaches 에서, so the ㄴ moves forward and the phrase becomes gong-wo-ne-seo. Then 달려요 gives you a geminate l, since the ㄹ of 달 and the ㄹ of 려 merge into a single long lateral.
Where English speakers slip
The English 'finger' reflex inserts a g between the syllables and breaks the nasal run, when Korean's ㅇ is resonance only. Rounding the second vowel is the other error, because the w-glide makes it feel natural to keep the lips rounded -- they must spread as the ㅓ arrives.