What does Eomma / Umma (엄마) mean in Korean

What does '엄마' mean in Korean?

엄마 (EomMa / UmMa): Mom, Mother, Mum, Mommy

ㅇ	* First sound ㅇ doesn't have sound     Last sound ㅇ sounds '~ng'  ex. 오빠 (   + O + PP + A)       형     (H + Yeo + ~ng)
ㅓ	Eo
ㅁ	M

 

ㅁ	M
ㅏ	A

 

 

Mother and baby

 

- EomMa / UmMa [Noun]

 

EomMa or UmMa are both accurate since it is only a romanization word to pronounce the Korean word. But as you know you cannot pronounce a foreign language based on English because different languages don't always have the perfectly matching sound with the other language's pronunciation system.

It's like you cannot read the brand name 'CHANEL' as 'CHAE-NL [ˈtʃænl ]'. 

  The best way to understand the Korean word is pronouncing the word base on Hangul (Korean Alphabet)

 

* OmMa is not accurate since the word 엄 sounds Eom / Uhm / Um in English.   

the right romanization would be Eomma or Umma.

 

 

우리 엄마(U-Ri EomMa) = My mom, My mother, My mum, My mommy

우리(U-Li / U-Ri) means, 'Our', 'We', 'Us'

* Standard language

 

울 엄마 (UL EomMa) = Ma mom, Ma mother, Ma mum, Ma mommy

우리 (U-Li / U-Ri) > 울 (UL)

* Casual word, Grammar mistake, shorten word, Internet word, slang

 

 

너의 엄마(NeoUi EomMa) - Your mom, Your mother, Your mum, Your mommy

너의(NeoUi) means, 'Your'

너희 엄마(NeoHui EomMa) - Your mom, Your mother, Your mum, Your mommy

너희(NeoHui) means, 'You guys'

 

 

 

What does 사랑해요 엄마 mean?

 

사랑해요(SaRangHaeYo) means, 'I love you', 'love', 'love you'

엄마(EomMa/ UmMa) means, 'Mom / Mum / Mommy / Mother'

So this sentence means 'I love you Mom'

 

 

 

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