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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