1. Write the word transcribing it from the Chinese characters if it is a Sino-Korean word. in ŏnmun, Examples: Sino-Korean word, 博物館 equals 박물관 Native word, “museum” “bowl” is 사발. 2. Romanize each syllable separately according to the Syllabic Table, adding the syllabic consonantal end-ings as given. 박 Examples : equals pa plus k and is therefore pak. This process will give pak mul kwan and sa pal. 3. Correct the medial consonants according to the Chart of Euphonic Changes of the Consonants and then write the syllables together. Examples: pak plus mul gives a medial of k plus m. In the horizontal K column, where it intersects the vertical M column, will be found the correction ngm. Therefore becomes pak mul This process will give the words correctly Romanized as and pangmul. pangmulgwan sabal. This very simple process will prove adequate for almost all Romanization problems, but occasionally there are irregularities which do not come within the scope of these two charts, and for these reference must be made to other sections of this paper. For example, the variation in the value of ㅅ as a syllabic final in the medial position is discussed on page s 44 to 46. The Romanization of the three consonant digraphs, ㄺ, ㄼ and ㄻ, is discussed at the end of [page 55] the section on for the Romanization of the Consonant Other irregularities are discussed in “Rules Ŏnmun Letters.” in the Pronunciation of the Medial Glottal Stop (Sai and Irregular Siot) “Irregularities Vowels,” “The Assimilation between and Romanization of Consonants in New Consonants” “The Spelling.”
1. Write the word in ŏnmun, transcribing it from the Chinese characters if it is a Sino-Korean word. Examples: Sino-Korean word, “museum” 博物館 equals 박물관 Native word, “bowl” is 사발. 2. Romanize each syllable separately according to the Syllabic Table, adding the syllabic consonantal end-ings as given. Examples : 박 equals pa plus k and is therefore pak. This process will give pak mul kwan and sa pal. 3. Correct the medial consonants according to the Chart of Euphonic Changes of the Consonants and then write the syllables together. Examples: pak plus mul gives a medial of k plus m. In the horizontal K column, where it intersects the vertical M column, will be found the correction ngm. Therefore pak mul becomes pangmul. This process will give the words correctly Romanized as pangmulgwan and sabal. This very simple process will prove adequate for almost all Romanization problems, but occasionally there are irregularities which do not come within the scope of these two charts, and for these reference must be made to other sections of this paper. For example, the variation in the value of ㅅ as a syllabic final in the medial position is discussed on page s 44 to 46. The Romanization of the three consonant digraphs, ㄺ, ㄼ and ㄻ, is discussed at the end of [page 55] the section on “Rules for the Romanization of the Ŏnmun Consonant Letters.” Other irregularities are discussed in “Irregularities in the Pronunciation of the Vowels,” “The Medial Glottal Stop (Sai Siot) and Irregular Assimilation between Consonants” and “The Romanization of Consonants in New Spelling.”
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