Alphabet

한글 배우기 (Learn Korean)

Korean letters and how they sound:

 

The Korean alphabet consists of 14 consonants and 14 vowels.

 

Starting with the consonants,

ㄱ- g

ㄴ- n

ㄷ- d

ㄹ- r/l (sounds like a combination of both but mostly like the r)

ㅁ- m

ㅂ- b

ㅅ- s or in some cases sh

ㅇ- o

ㅈ- j

ㅊ- ch

ㅋ- k

ㅌ- t

ㅍ- p

ㅎ- h

Main vowels,

ㅏ- ah

ㅑ- yah

ㅓ- eo (pronounced uh)

ㅕ- yeo

ㅗ- o

ㅛ- yoh

ㅜ- oo

ㅠ- yoo

ㅡ- eu

ㅣ- ee

In Korean, you can combine vowels to make new ones,

ㅔ- e

ㅐ- ae

ㅖ- yeh

ㅒ- yae

Though the ㅔ and ㅐ seem to sound similar, there us a slight variation in the tone. Kind of like the accent is placed differently. Overall, they sound identical I guess.

Now there are some cases in which the consonants can be doubled to emphasize it.

ㅃ- bb (sound like your smacking your lips but without the suction-like noise)

ㅉ- jj

ㄸ- dd

ㄲ- gg

ㅆ- ss or sh

You can never ever ever leave a consonant without a vowel or vice versa or it won't form a word.

The korean alphabet is pronounced

가 나 다 라 마 바 사 아 자 차 카 타 파 하

Ga na da ra ma ba sa ah ja cha ka ta pa ha

Don't forget the vowels

아 야 어 여 오 요 우 유 으 이 에 예 애 얘

Ah yah eo yeo o yoh oo yoo eu ee e yeh ae yae

 

 

 

 

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jjongisluv
#1
Chapter 9: Hello! Im not sure if you're still updating this but I wanted to ask if wae ireohge has the same meaning as eodeohge dwengeoya? Or if there even is a phrase like saw ireohge hehehe
SnowVillain
#2
I havent read yet, i just want to drop my comment since im so excited to read this learn korean thing...im really interested in learn korean language but i dont know where should i start ..so i hope i can learn as much as i can through this...kamsahamnida authornim
hanah2212
#3
Subcribe this bcause im buying korean comic ~.~
nicolekatey #4
Chapter 3: What's the sentence structure for korean? Because i dont know where to place words in a sentence thank you :)
Shikoba_hendrix #5
AHHHH I love this!! I need this! I love learning Korean but I'm really new to it, nevertheless I find myself writing Hangul everywhere at work now I know the alphabet, I just find it such a great writing system and feel like a code-breaker whenever I can read a sentence. Thank you so much for this, its so well written and what a great idea to have this reference on AFF great job teacher!! XxX
-kimmyeons #6
Chapter 17: Hello! Its been almost a year since I've commented and I just want to let you know that my Korean has improved~! When I first subsribed into this lesson, I don't know anything. But now I can read almost everything and I feel so proud of myself ;) and thank you for your help too since its getting confusing using all these words and their meaning and how to write a structure sentences properly. Thank you~
kimwookie
#7
Chapter 14: .annyeong.,can,you please teach us how to construct a sentence.,,gomawo!
-kimmyeons #8
Hello! I'm your 11th upvoter! This is realllly good for me to learn more Korean, since my parents couldn't afford a real Language class. Although all of it is confusing and only make my head hurt, I will learn one by one until I ace it since the main problem is I can talk a bit Korean and understand some of it but could not write it at all :-( the only korean word that I know is 카이 and 디으 which is no help at all xD exo-l here~! Hahahaha I will definitely take this as a learning class online. Thank you, btw!
S-Ari21
#9
HELP HELP!
Ok, now that I've got your attention. ^~^;
I have a question regarding this 본. I understand that it's not mentioned in your lessons but I've been seriously searching for the meaning of this character. I don't get it at all... Oh and if you're wondering, I got the character from SHINee's song Like a Fire. I'm trying to learn Korean with songs hehehe. ^~^