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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "저기" in Korean?
jeo-gi. A plain ㅈ with no puff, the unrounded ㅓ, and a ㄱ that voices between vowels.
jeogi
Two level blocks. This is the far member of the 여기 / 거기 / 저기 set, and because the three share a second syllable, drilling them in sequence trains three different initial consonants against a fixed background.
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Hear it in a sentence
저기에서 기다리세요.
Jeogieseo gidariseyo.
Please wait over there.
Listen: 저기에서 기다리세요.
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저기에서 기다리세요 stacks the 에서 particle onto the vowel-final 저기, giving four open syllables before the verb even starts. The only real consonant work in the sentence is the tap inside 기다리세요.
Where English speakers slip
Rounding the vowel gives 'jo-gi', which drifts toward 조기, an actual word, so keep the lips flat. Aspirating the ㅈ produces 처기 instead -- plain ㅈ needs no breath, and that is exactly what separates it from the ㅊ that opens 처음.