INTRO
Morning! 😃 ☕️
This is the most useful word you will learn this month.
It means yes. It means no. It means I am fine, do not worry, that is enough, no thank you.
And there is a letter sitting in the middle of it that nobody pronounces.
In today's email…
- 📱 Day 1: the full phrase, nothing hidden yet
- 🌟 How one word says yes and no
- 🏃 The letter that vanishes
🤗 STILL WITH YOU
___ ___ 합니다.
Say it out loud before you scroll. Answers at the bottom.
🧠 MEMORIZE
네, 괜찮아요
ne, gwaenchanayo
"Yes, it's fine."
Answer key at the bottom.
🌶️ HEAR IT
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Today's trap: look at 찮. There is a ㅎ at the bottom of it.
You do not say "gwaen-chanh-a-yo."
You say gwaen-cha-na-yo.
The ㅎ is gone. Not soft, like week one. Gone.
When ㅎ sits between two vowel sounds it drops out completely and the letters on either side join up. 찮 plus 아 becomes 차나.
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