Korean Alphabet | Vowels
Read, Write, and Talk in Korean | Korean LessonsLet's start off with the vowels. There are a total of 21 vowel symbols in hangul, with 11 basic vowels and 10 double vowels.
Basic vowels:
아 a
어 eo/uh
오 o
우 oo
으 eu/u
이 ee/i
애 ae
에 e
외 oe/we
위 wi
의 ui pronounced like yi
Double vowels
by adding the y sound
야 ya
여 yeo/yuh
요 yo
유 yoo
얘 yae
예 ye
와 wa
워 wo
왜 wae
웨 we/whe
I am already assuming that you know that you know the pronunciation to the romaji. I am hoping that you could practice writing this already... ^___^ The next chapter will be for the consonants.
Before I forget, a little note on the vowels. I'll be using the term "bright vowels" in the next chapters soon, so it will be better for you to be familiar with them: 아 and 오 and the vowels 왜,와,애 and 얘 since they were just derived from the first two mentioned. There are also the "dark vowels" 어 and 우, and 워,웨 and 예. Bright and dark vowels cannot be combined together so you'll never see a vowel that is combined by ㅜ andㅏ , nor with ㅗ and ㅔ. Of course there are also called "neutral vowels" which are ㅡ andㅣ.
Now try going back and reading them out loud. Be familiar with the . It will be confusing at first but with practice, it will be easier. And I also suggest you memorize these first before memorizing the constants (in t
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