Consonants+Combining with Vowels

Korean 101 with J.Lee

Note: In romanization, certain consonants are expressed as different letter sounds. For example, ㄱ makes a hard "G" sound. But in romanization, it is usually expressed as a "K" which it really doesn't. Since I won't be using romanization from now on, I will put the correct sounding letter each consonant makes so that you guys will know what it sounds like.

I will also put down the "names" of each consonants. Similarly to English how the letter "A" is pronounced "Ey" and "B" is pronounced "Bee", each letter has their own "name" So format will go

Hangul : "name" (sound it makes)


CONSONANTS

ㄱ : "gi-yeok" (hard "G" sound)

ㄴ : "ni-eun" ("N" sound)

ㄷ : "di-geut" ("D" sound)

ㄹ : "li-eul" ("L" sound)

ㅁ : "mi-eum" ("M" sound)

ㅂ : "bi-ueb" ("B" sound)

ㅅ : "si-ot" ("S" sound)

ㅇ : "ee-eung" (no sound*)

ㅈ : "ji-eut" ("J" sound)

ㅊ : "chi-eut" ("CH" sound)

ㅋ : "ki-euk" ("K" or hard "C" sound)

ㅌ : "ti-eut" ("T" sound)

ㅍ : "pi-eup" ("P" sound)

ㅎ : "hee-eut" ("H" sound)

*As mentioned in the chapter before ㅇ, has no sound, so it takes on the sound of the vowels. However it will make a sound when it is put on the bottom as a "bottom consonant" which we will get to in the next chapter

 

Additional Consonants-Double Consonants

ㄲ : "gg" or "kk" (makes a sound between g and k)

ㄸ : "dd" or "tt" (makes a sound between d and t)

ㅃ : "bb" or "pp" (makes a sound between b and p)

ㅆ : "ss" (a more hissy "s" sound. like a snake)

ㅉ : "jj" (makes a sound between j and ch)

 

Combining consonants and vowels together

 

And there you have it! You should be able to figure out the pattern after the 3rd letter. I will only make a chart for the main consonants and vowels of the Korean alphabet. The additional consonants and vowels follow the same pattern.

For example:

ㄲ + ㅏ = 까 

ㄲ + ㅐ = 깨

ㄴ + ㅚ = 뇌

See? Writing and Reading in Korean is VERY EASY. It's like math. Just put it all together. Hopefully you are able to recognize, and read, and hopefully write in Korean. Next chapter will be about Bottom Consonants and you'll see why they are important.

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BTSARMY2001 #1
Also, my real name is 시엘라 (Sierra).
BTSARMY2001 #2
안녕하세요! 저는 킴용인 여! Did I spell it correctly? I couldn't remember if I needed to use ㄱ or ㅋ for Kim. I'm learning how to read, spell, and say simple phrases in Korean from my sister who is taking Korean classes in college.
xui-jin #3
my korean paper got an B and i still really upset about it. when i found and open this, why i didnt discovered it much earlier? . now my regrets get more deeper. TT...
teacher, would you update more often?, i sorry for the pressure. but this is really help my understand knowledge especially how to pronouns the correct tone, how to write it back , etc,
and my problem, i still cannot differentiate the under double consonant how to pronouns it. like 나는오고있다.
있지 않다. ( just auto translate) i don't even know if this a correct words.
eheriza93
#4
Chapter 31: This is pretty good! It's pretty easy to understand.선생님 감사합니다~! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
=)
eheriza93
#5
안녕하세요. 저늠 최혜경입니다. ㅇㅅㅇ
I would like to be a student!
Also, I used the generator, so please tell me if the name sounds weird for you. =)
(I can just use my nickname if you're uncomfortable with it.)
soominiecraze #6
안녕하세요. 저는 오수민입니다. I would like to be a student.
taemeilin_
#7
Chapter 29: Maybe its a boring topic but I'd like to learn business terms. Like words you'd use around your work place. And maybe formal school terms. For example, assignment, task, deadline etc.
wlstjffls
#8
I just realized that I haven't subscribed to this story lmfao
yamitan7 #9
Chapter 29: Sorry about being so quiet >< I'm usually quite inactive in actual lessons too T T
Hmm... I've been wondering for a while but how about slipping a quiz every 2 or 3 lessons? That way, you'll get to know how our Korean is coming along and we get to put our Korean to the test xD
eoeoandstuff
#10
안녕하세요! I'd love to be a student here!
저는 이은지 입니다!