consonant problems

Another popular Konglish problem is based on confusing consonants.

1. p vs f

'hwa-mily-mart' : This is how people call a convenient store named 'family mart' in Korea.
'hoil' : Foil

2. r vs l
I am getting better to pronounce r as r and l as l, not mixing them up.

r is the sound you make while you are rolling up your tongue inside, and l is the sound when you start moving your mouth from the mouth Korean 'eu' ( but, don't make sound) and put your tongue behind your upper front teeth  while making Korean 'l' sound from end of your tongue with opening your mouth only a little, like a low roaring.
I know it doesn't make sense.haha..But it helps me..It might help you too.

But, there are harder ones, r followed by l.

girl : My trick to pronounce this is say gir followed by roaring 'l' from the bottom of the throat.
world vs word
try 'umbrella', too..If you have trouble, try to listen to Rhianna's song 'umbrella' because she says '-rella' for thousand times for you. ;)
 

3. s vs sh
's' sounds like Korean 'ss', 'sh' is like 'she'

sit vs shit
Try to say this : She sells sea shells by the sea shore.


4. g vs k or c
g is not same to k.
g is not Korean 'gg or k'.

dog vs. duck
'duck' almost sounds like rice cake 'ddeok'.

meg vs mac (a and e also)

5. w is consonant. Korean 'w' would be classified as 'vowel'.
 It sounds like Korean '(oo)-uh'

wolf : make sure to pronounce that roaring 'l' . 
wood



These are tips for me, and hopefully other Koreans , if this makes sense. ;)