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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "노란색" in Korean?
no-ran-saek, with a flicked r in the middle: one quick tap of the tongue tip, nothing like an English r.
noransaek
Equal weight throughout and no bump anywhere. Because 노란 ends in ㄴ, nothing happens to the ㅅ of 색 -- which makes this word, 하얀색 and 파란색 a matched set where the colour morpheme stays soft, standing against 초록색 where it hardens.
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Hear it in a sentence
노란색 꽃을 샀어요.
Noransaek kkocheul sasseoyo.
I bought yellow flowers.
Listen: 노란색 꽃을 샀어요.
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노란색 꽃을 샀어요 puts the ㄱ of 색 directly in front of the tensed ㄲ of 꽃, so two stops collide and the closure is held noticeably long. Then 꽃을 resyllabifies with its ㅊ becoming the onset of the particle, kko-cheul, and that aspirated ch is suddenly audible.
Where English speakers slip
The r trips people first. English speakers either curl the tongue for an American r or hold a full l, when Korean wants a single flick against the ridge -- present for an instant, then gone. After that, watch the first vowel: 'nuh-ran' with an unrounded ㅓ is a different sound from the rounded ㅗ this word actually contains.