quick note
Korean has a clever pattern. Add an extra dash to any basic vowel and you get its y-version. ㅏ becomes ㅑ. ㅓ becomes ㅕ. Same direction, just doubled. The extra dash means the sound starts with a y.
Meet ㅑ. ㅏ with one extra dash.
ㅑ
ya
sounds like
yard (ya)
how to make the sound
Start with a y sound, then open into ah. Like the ya in yard.
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