Consonants+Combining with Vowels
Korean 101 with J.LeeNote: 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
ㅏ | ㅑ | ㅓ | ㅕ | ㅗ | ㅛ | ㅜ | ㅠ | ㅡ | ㅣ | |
ㄱ | 가 | 갸 | 거 | 겨 | 고 | 교 | 구 | 규 | 그 | 기 |
ㄴ | 나 | 냐 | 너 | 녀 | 노 | 뇨 | 누 | 뉴 | 느 | 니 |
ㄷ | 다 | 댜 | 더 | 뎌 | 도 | 됴 | 두 | 듀 | 드 | 디 |
ㄹ | 라 | 랴 | 러 | 려 | 로 | 료 | 루 | 류 | 르 | 리 |
ㅁ | 마 | 먀 | 머 | 며 | 모 | 묘 | 무 | 뮤 | 므 | 미 |
ㅂ | 바 | 뱌 | 버 | 벼 | 보 | 뵤 | 부 | 뷰 | 브 | 비 |
ㅅ | 사 | 샤 | 서 | 셔 | 소 | 쇼 | 수 | 슈 | 스 | 시 |
ㅇ | 아 | 야 | 어 | 여 | 오 | 요 | 우 | 유 | 으 | 이 |
ㅈ | 자 | 쟈 | 저 | 져 | 조 | 죠 | 주 | 쥬 | 즈 | 지 |
ㅊ | 차 | 챠 | 처 | 쳐 | 초 | 쵸 | 추 | 츄 | 츠 | 치 |
ㅋ | 카 | 캬 | 커 | 켜 | 코 | 쿄 | 쿠 | 큐 | 크 | 키 |
ㅌ | 타 | 탸 | 터 | 텨 | 토 | 툐 | 투 | 튜 | 트 | 티 |
ㅍ | 파 | 퍄 | 퍼 | 펴 | 포 | 표 | 푸 | 퓨 | 프 | 피 |
ㅎ | 하 | 햐 | 허 | 혀 | 호 | 효 | 후 | 휴 | 흐 | 히 |
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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