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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "수건" in Korean?
su-geon. A light ㅅ over a rounded vowel, then a ㄱ that voices between vowels and the unrounded ㅓ.
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Both halves the same length. The vowels are opposites in lip shape -- rounded, then flat -- which is the standing challenge in Korean two-syllable nouns, and both consonants are soft.
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수건 좀 주세요.
Sugeon jom juseyo.
Please give me a towel.
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수건 좀 주세요 puts 좀 between the noun and the verb, and it keeps a plain ㅈ because the ㄴ in front is a nasal rather than a stop. The whole request has no tensed consonants in it at all.
Where English speakers slip
Rounding the second vowel gives 'su-gon' and makes both syllables match when they should not, so keep the lips flat for ㅓ. Hardening the middle ㄱ is the other error, since between vowels the plain series voices and the consonant should be soft.