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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "물론" in Korean?
mul-lon. The ㄹ ending 물 and the ㄹ opening 론 merge into one long held l, so the middle of the word takes an extra beat.
mullon
Two blocks welded together by a geminate l. Consonant length does real work in Korean, and this is one of the clearest examples: the l runs roughly twice as long as a single one, and shortening it makes the word sound clipped.
Listen: 물론
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Hear it in a sentence
물론 저도 갈 거예요.
Mullon jeodo gal geoyeyo.
Of course I'll go too.
Listen: 물론 저도 갈 거예요.
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물론 저도 갈 거예요 follows with 갈 거예요, where the ㄹ of 갈 tenses the ㄱ into ㄲ, giving gal kkeo-ye-yo. The sentence therefore has a ㄹ lengthening a consonant in one place and hardening one in another.
Where English speakers slip
English speakers say a single quick l and the word comes out as 'mu-lon', effectively a beat short -- hold the contact. The vowels are the other issue: both are rounded but at different heights, ㅜ then ㅗ, and collapsing them into one sound blurs the word.