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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "사랑하다" in Korean?
sa-rang-ha-da, four beats. The r is a tap, the ng is pure nasal resonance with no g after it, and the ㅎ softens between voiced sounds.
saranghada
Nothing in the word takes an accent. Because the word is emotionally loaded, learners want to put stress somewhere, and Korean has nowhere to put it -- emphasis comes from lengthening the whole phrase or raising pitch across it, never from hitting a single syllable.
Listen: 사랑하다
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우리는 서로 사랑해요.
Urineun seoro saranghaeyo.
We love each other.
Listen: 우리는 서로 사랑해요.
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우리는 서로 사랑해요 places two tapped r sounds in a row across 서로 and 사랑해요, so the middle of the sentence is a run of quick flicks. Keeping each of them short, rather than letting an English r creep in, is what makes the line flow.
Where English speakers slip
The ng is where English speakers slip, releasing a hard g and producing 'sa-rang-guh-ha-da'. Korean's ㅇ in final position is nasal resonance and nothing else. The other error is the r: curling the tongue back gives an American r that doubles the length of the second syllable, when a single tap is all that is wanted.