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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "여권" in Korean?
yeo-kkwon. The plain ㄱ tenses to ㄲ at the compound seam, so the middle consonant is hard even though the romanization writes a g.
yeogwon
Two beats. This is the same unwritten compound tensing seen in 물고기 and 열쇠 -- regular enough to expect but irregular enough that it has to be learned word by word.
Listen: 여권
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Hear it in a sentence
여권을 보여 주세요.
Yeogwoneul boyeo juseyo.
Please show me your passport.
Listen: 여권을 보여 주세요.
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여권을 보여 주세요 attaches 을, so the ㄴ moves forward and the noun becomes yeo-kkwo-neul. The verb 보여 then runs two vowels together with only a glide between them.
Where English speakers slip
Saying 'yeo-gwon' with a soft g is what the romanization invites and what almost every learner produces, when the consonant is tensed. Then the second block needs its lips to round for the glide and spread for the ㅓ, rather than staying rounded through the whole syllable.