Learning to Read Korean (Part I): ~ Korean Alphabets

• keuriseudo

  1 Mar 05, 17:48

  Normal Consonants
  
  = g/k
  = d/t
  = p/b
  = j
  = s
  = n
  = r/l
  = m
  = (Silent)/ng
  = h
  
  Aspirated Consonants
  
  = k
  = t
  = p
  = ch
  
  Glottalized Consonants
  
  = kk
  = tt
  = pp
  = jj
  = ss
  
  Note: - This consonant = ; has no sound at the beginning of a syllable, and sounds like "ng" at the end of a syllable.
  
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  Vowels
  
  Vowels with “y-” counterparts.
  = a
  = ya
  = o
  = yo
  = u
  = yu
  = eo
  = yeo
  = ae
  = yae
  = e
  = ye
  
  Diphthongs
  = wi
  = ui
  = wa
  = weo
  = wae
  = oe
  = we
  
  Vowels with no “y-” counterpart.
  = eu
  = i
  
  
• keuriseudo

  1 Mar 05, 17:54

  The Korean alphabet, like the English alphabet, consists of consonants and vowels.
  
  In the box at the left you see a Korean consonant in lonely splendor. This consonant has the sound of the n in the word name.
  
  Man does not live by consonants alone; a language needs vowels to function. In the box at the left is the Korean vowel that sounds like ah.
  
  + =
  
  n + a = na
  
  When we put consonants and vowels together, we get syllables. The concept of syllables is the key to the Korean alphabet.
• G.I. Lim

  14 Mar 05, 20:23

  woah that is too far out..... cant reach it