저가 나가서 그 어미에게 말하되 ‘내가 무엇을 구하리이까’ 그 어미가 가로되 ‘세례 요한의 머리를 구하라’ 하니
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.