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Contents
Articles
Korean 1
Korean/Alphabet 5
Korean/RWP 7
Korean/RWP/Lesson 1 8
Korean/RWP/Lesson 2 12
Korean/RWP/Lesson 3 16
Korean/RWP/Lesson 4 20
Korean/RWP/Lesson 5 25
Korean/RWP/Lesson 6 32
Korean/RWP/Summary 35
Korean/Principles of Orthography 36
Korean/Essential Pronunciation Rules 40
Korean/Advanced Pronunciation Rules 44
Korean/Mini-tutorial Lesson 47
Korean/Getting started on Hanjas 54
Korean/Grammar Introduction 56
Korean/Personal pronouns 56
Korean/Demonstrative pronouns 58
Korean/Adjectives 60
Korean/Verbs 61
Korean/Conjunctions 65
Korean/Particles 66
Korean/Comparatives and superlatives 67
Korean/Questions 68
Korean/Commands 69
Korean/Dates and times 70
Korean/Lesson I1 71
Korean/Lesson I2 74
Korean/Lesson I3 78
Korean/Lesson I4 79
Korean/Lesson I5 81
Korean/Lesson I6 82
Korean/Lesson I7 84
Korean/Lesson I8 85
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Korean/Lesson I9 85
Korean/Lesson I10 86
Korean/Lesson II1 86
Korean/Lesson II2 87
Korean/Lesson II3 88
Korean/Lesson II4 88
Korean/Lesson II5 89
Korean/Lesson II6 89
Korean/Lesson II7 90
Korean/Lesson II8 90
Korean/Lesson II9 91
Korean/Lesson II10 91
Korean/Lesson III1 92
Korean/Lesson III2 93
Korean/Lesson III3 95
Korean/Lesson III4 95
Korean/Lesson III5 96
Korean/Lesson III6 96
Korean/Lesson III7 97
Korean/Lesson III8 98
Korean/Lesson VI1 101
Korean/Lesson VI2 102
References
Article Sources and Contributors 103
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 105
Article Licenses
License 106
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Korean 1
Korean
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Learn Korean (Introduction) Reading and writing Conversation 1: Beginner 2: High beginner 3: Low intermediate 4: High intermediate 5: Low advanced 6:
Advanced
Grammar
III This is a Category III Language.
Welcome to the Korean Wikibook, a free textbook for learning Korean.
Note: To use this book, your web browser must first be configured to display Korean (Hangeul) characters. Check
the two boxes below:
The boxes show Hangeul characters and jamo. If symbols appear as blank boxes, garbage, or question marks (?),
your computer or web browser needs to be configured for the Korean language.
Introduction
Korean is the official language of both Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of
Korea (South Korea). It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.
Worldwide, there are about 80 million Korean speakers, most of which live in China, Japan or the United States, but
they also represent sizeable minorities in New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Canada, Uzbekistan and Australia.In the Republic of Korea, the language is most often called (Han-gung-mal), or more formally,
(Han-gug-eo) or (Gug-eo; literally "national language"). In North Korea and Yanbian, the language is most
often called (Chosnmal), or more formally, (Chosn).
Experts are still not completely sure of the origins of the Korean language, although it is generally believed to come
from the Altaic language tree. It is an agglutinative language, so it has some certain special characteristics that are
unlike English. A student of Chinese languages will quickly notice that Korean shares much of their vocabulary,
while a Japanese student will also notice similarities in grammar and vocabulary.
Feel free to use English Wiktionary's Korean language Category as a reference for these courses. New students to
this type of language may initially progress slowly, but as study progresses, previously unfamiliar aspects of Korean
will begin to make sense and new concepts will be more easily learned. Korean grammar is complex but surprisingly
also very simple, and always very fun to learn.
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Korean 2
Reading and writing
Alphabet Introduction
Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean (course)
/Principles of Orthography/
/Essential Pronunciation Rules/
/Advanced Pronunciation Rules/ /Mini-tutorial Lesson/
/Getting started on Hanjas/
Grammar
Introduction to Korean Grammar Conjunctions
Personal pronouns Particles
Demonstrative pronouns Sentence word order
Adjectives Comparatives & superlatives
Verbs Forming questions
Articles & qualifiers Forming commands
Forming dates & times
Vocabulary
Expert Hanja Hanja Terms for Expert Level Learners
Expert Terms for Expert Level Learners
Conversation
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Korean 3
1 (LEVEL I): Beginner
1. Greeting
(informal)
? (general)
? (formal)
2. Forming sentences
.
3. Connective Particles and Forms
-, -, -
4. Colors / Shopping
, ,
5. In a taxi / Distance and Time
/
6. Family
7. Around the house
8. The workplace / Using the telephone
9. School
10. Onomatopoeia
2 (LEVEL II): High beginner
1. Sports
2. Jobs
3. Downtown
4. Public transportation
5. At the hotel
6. At the library
7. At the farm
8. Medical care
9. The Weather
10. At the Theater
3 (LEVEL III): Low
intermediate
1. The human body
2. Religion
3. Nature
4. The universe
5. Reading a book
6. How much do you love me?
?
7. Using computers
8
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10
4 (LEVEL IV): High intermediate
1
2
3 4
5
6
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10
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Korean 4
5 (LEVEL V): Low advanced
1
2
3
4
5
6
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6 (LEVEL VI): Advanced
1:
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2
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4
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About this Book
About the Authors
Authors
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References
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Advanced
Grammar
Introduction
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangeul (, "great script"), is considered one of the most efficient and logical
writing systems in the world. While most modern alphabets evolved from earlier hieroglyphics or ideographs,
(Hangeul) was created specifically to make it easy to read and write the Korean language.
Although the characters of (Hangeul) may appear to be ideograms like the traditional Hanja (, ), they
really form an alphabet. Each block character represents one syllable and is made up of individual jamo (),
much like the letters in the Latin alphabet. (Hangeul) is easy to learn because it has only 24 basic jamo.
See Wikipedia's entries on Hangul and Hanja for more about the history and design of the Korean writing
systems.
Consonants
14 Korean consonants
Below are the consonants () of the Korean alphabet. You don't
need to memorize them yet because individual lessons will cover eachletter in detail. For now, just be aware that the Korean alphabet has ten
basic consonants and nine variations on them:
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Consonant jamo
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Aspirated
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
k
[kh]
t
[t]
p
[p]
ch
[]
Tense
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
gg or kk
[k]
ddor tt
[t]
bb or pp
[p]
ss
[s ]
jj
[]
Notice that some consonants have two different pronunciations (e.g. pronounced as /g/ or /k/ depending on
context). Also, some are "aspirated" and some are "tense". Those details and more are explained in ../Essential
Pronunciation Rules/.
Vowels
6 Korean regular vowels: diphthongs in red
There are 21 letters used to represent vowels: six basic vowels, nine
combinations of those six basic vowels (which originally were all
pronounced as diphthongs), and six vowels with an extra short dash
representing the initial y [j] sound.
Vowel jamo
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
ya
[ja]
eo
[]
yeo
[j]
o
[o]
yo
[jo]
u
[u]
yu
[ju]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
ae
[]
yae
[j]
e
[e]
ye
[je]
oe
[w]
wi
[wi]
ui
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
wa
[wa]
wo
[w]
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Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
wae
[w]
we
[we]
End of introductionTo learn how to read, write, and pronounce each Korean letter, proceed to the Read, Write, and Pronounce Korean
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Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Welcome to a course teaching you how to read, write and pronounce the Korean script! Here you will learn the script
without difficulty, because we're taking it step by step and you will have plenty of opportunities to practise. So dive
in!
Lesson 1 (first four letters: )
Lesson 2 (four more letters: )
Lesson 3 (final and four more letters: )
Lesson 4 (the last basic letters: )
Lesson 5 (aspiration, diphthongs)
Lesson 6 (doubled letters, more digraphs)
Summary
External links
Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean[1]
: A continuation of this course copied on a private (non-wiki) site.
See Talk:Korean/RWP for more details.
References
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Korean/RWP/Lesson 1
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Congratulations on your decision to start learning Hangeul, the Korean script! You will see that being able to
read Korean will baffle your friends and enrich your life. Also, you will no longer be completely illiterate when
travelling to Korea.
Even though Korean may look similar to Chinese or Japanese to the uninitiated, it is actually much easier because
the characters are a combination of just 24 letters (jamo) and a few simple variations, rather than thousands of
drawings to memorize. So even going at a relaxed pace of 4 letters per lesson, you will have learned everything you
need to read Korean after just a few lessons, compared with the years of training required to master the Japanese or
Chinese scripts!
First letters
First we will learn the Korean letters (jamo) for "A" and "B".
B
(bieup) stroke order
Sound sample of (bieup) (helpinfo)
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [b] or [p]
The letter (called bieup) is pronounced somewhat like the English b sound. It can also sound like the English p
sound but it is not aspirated. That is, it is said without a burst of air. To feel or see the difference between aspirated
and unaspirated sounds, put a hand or a lit candle in front of your mouth and say "pin" ([p n]) and then "spin"
([spn]). You should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with "pin" that doesn't appear with
"spin".
So, sounds like the b in in the English word "bin" or like the p in the English word "spin".
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A
(a) stroke order
Sound sample of(a) (helpinfo)
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [a]
The letter (a) represents the vowel a as in father.
Combining letters
To combine them into a complete Korean character, fit them into an imaginary little square box:
Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: b a ba
Pronunciation: [p] [a] [pa]
Exercise
The character is the actual spelling of a Korean word. Can you guess what it means? Click "" below to see theanswer.
There is a standard way to represent Korean words in the Latin alphabet (the alphabet used to write English), called
the Revised Romanization of Korean. In that system, is represented as "ba". When there is a difference between
the standard romanization and the usual pronunciation of a Korean word, this course shows the standard
romanization of Korean characters and words in italics (like ba for the standard romanization of ) and the
pronunciation in square brackets (like [pa] for the pronunciation of).
N
(nieun) stroke order
Sound sample of (nieun) (helpinfo)
Now, the next important letter to learn is (nieun):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [n]
The letter (nieun) represents the n sound.
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Notice how the letter (n) combines with the letter (a) to make the character (na):
Letter (jamo):
=>
Pronunciation: [n] [a] [na]
Exercise
Try to read and understand the following word:
When you think you know the answer, click "" above and to the right to see whether you are right.
Initial consonant placeholder
(ieung) stroke order
In initial position, (ieung) is silent.
Every Korean character represents one syllable, and each starts with a space for a consonant. But some syllables start
with a vowel, such as the beginning of the Korean greeting "annyeong haseyo". Those syllables use the placeholder
(called ieung) for the initial consonant. It's easy to remember the placeholder because it has zero pronunciation
and is written like the number zero (0):
Letter (jamo):
O
Pronunciation: (silent)
To make a syllable that starts with a vowel, write the placeholder O followed by that vowel:
Letter (jamo):
O =>
Pronunciation: (silent) [a] [a]
So, the initial consonant placeholder O (ieung) combines with (a) to make the word (a, meaning "ah" or "oh").
Excercise
Try to read the following Korean words:
When you think you know the answer, click "" above and to the right to see whether you are right.
Syllables with a final consonant
Some syllables end in a consonant, especially when a word has a cluster of two consonants in the middle: one
consonant then forms the end of one syllable and the other forms the beginning of the next syllable. Fitting two
consonants and a vowel into a little square box is a little trickier. First write the initial consonant and the vowel next
to each other as before, then put the final consonant below them. For example:
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Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: b a
n
ban
Pronunciation: [ p a n ] [pan]
Exercise
Can you read the following?
When you think you know the answer, click "" above and to the right to see whether you are right.
Did you manage to read that? If so, you will soon be able to read Korean fluently.
End of lesson 1
This was in fact the hardest lesson of all, because you didn't have any previous knowledge. The next lessons will
build on what you learned here and you will find them easier, also because you will be able to practise reading much
more once you know a few more letters. If you don't feel overwhelmed right now, you can already continue with the
next lesson, where you will learn a few more letters and many more words. Otherwise, please come back to it later.
Jamo learned so far:
Consonant jamo
Basic
Letter (jamo)
RomanizationPronunciation
n[n]
b or p[b] or [p]
-(initial)
silent
Vowel jamo
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamo8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Korean/RWP/Lesson 2
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Consonants learned in Lesson 1:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
n
[n]
b or p
[b] or [p]
-
(initial)
silent
Vowels learned in Lesson 1:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
Welcome back! This is the second lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean".
In the last lesson, you already learned four letters: (bieup), (a), (nieun) and O (ieung). In this lesson, you
will learn four new letters. Combined with the four you already know, they will open up quite a few Korean words to
you.
The consonant (mieum)
(mieum) stroke order
Sound sample of (mieum) (helpinfo)
The first new consonant to learn is (mieum):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [m]
(mieum) is pronounced just like a regular English m. Be careful not to confuse it with 'O', which doesn't have
corners.
Letter (jamo):
=>
Pronunciation: [m] [a] [ma]
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Letter (jamo):
Romanization: l or r
Pronunciation: [] or [l]
(rieul) is pronounced like the l in letor like the the rin the Spanish word rbol, and is transliterated as ror l.
Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: r a ra
Pronunciation: [] [a] [a]
Exercise
Each of these words has (rieul). Translate each word into English. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual.
The consonant (giyeok)
(giyeok) stroke order
Sound sample of (giyeok) (helpinfo)
Finally, the consonant (giyeok) will unlock lots of words to you:
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [g] or [k]
(giyeok) is pronounced like the kin sky or the c in scrape. It is not aspirated, so it does not sound like the c in cry
or vacation. Many English speakers liken it more to the g sound. It is transliterated as g or k. Be careful not to
confuse it with (nieun). When (giyeok) is combined with a vowel such as (a) or (i), it changes shape
slightly:
Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: g i gi
Pronunciation: [k] [i] [ki]
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Exercise
Translate these words with (giyeok) into English. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual.
End of lesson 2
Very good! You have now learned 8 Korean letters already and the rest won't be difficult either. Feel free to continue
with the next lesson.
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
-
(initial)
silent
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
i
[i]
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Korean/RWP/Lesson 3
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
-
(initial)
silent
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
i
[i]
Welcome back! This is the third lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". In the previous two lessons,
you already learned a total of 8 letters.
In this lesson, you will learn 4 additional basic letters and many new Korean words. You will even use your
knowledge to write some Korean words, rather than just reading them.
The vowel (o)
(o) stroke order
Sound sample of(o) (helpinfo)
The first new letter is the vowel (o):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [o]
The vowel (o) is pronounced like the ow in the American English pronunciation ofrow or the a in the Australian
English pronunciation ofball (IPA: [o]). Since this vowel is much wider than it is tall (unlike the vowels you have
learned so far), it would be difficult to fit it beside a consonant in a little square box. Instead, it is written below the
initial consonant:
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Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: r
o
ro
Even when (o) is already below the consonant, it is still possible to add another consonant below to make the
syllable end in a consonant:
Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: b
ol
bol
Pronunciation: [ p o l ] [pol]
Exercise
Try to read the following Korean words that contain the letter (o). Click "" to check your answers, as usual.
Final (ieung)
Final (ieung) stroke order
Sound sample of Final (ieung) (helpinfo)
The consonant (ieung) can appear at the end of a syllable. When (ieung) comes at the beginning of a syllable,
it is just a placeholder enabling the syllable to start with a vowel, but when it comes at the end of a syllable, it is
pronounced like the ng in ring and is transliterated as ng.
Letter (jamo):
o=>
o
Romanization: (none)
o
ng
ong
Pronunciation: [ o ] [ o ]
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Exercise
Practise reading these words now:
The consonant (digeut)
(digeut) stroke order
Sound sample of (digeut) (helpinfo)
Time to learn the consonant (digeut):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [d] or [t]
The letter (digeut) is pronounced similar to the tin stop or strain. It is not aspirated, so it does not sound like the t
in try or today. Many English speakers liken it more to the dsound. It is transliterated as dor t.
Exercise
Practise reading by guessing the meaning of the following Korean words:
Check your answers by clicking "", as usual.
The consonant (siot)
(siot) stroke order
Sound sample of (siot) (helpinfo)
Meet (siot):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [s] or []
The letter (siot) is usually pronounced like the s in sandand is transliterated as s. When the following vowel is
(i), though, sounds a little different because the body of the tongue is raised toward the palate to make the [i]
sound. So, the syllable (IPA: [so]) sounds like the English word "so", but the syllable (IPA: [i]) sounds
similar to the English word "she".
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Exercise
Practise reading:
The vowel (eu)
(eu) stroke order
Sound sample of (eu) (helpinfo)
The last letter for this lesson is (eu):
Letter (jamo):
Romanization: eu
Pronunciation: [] or []
The vowel (eu) looks just like an ordinary horizontal line. It is much wider than tall, so it is also written below
the preceding consonant rather than next to it. Its pronunciation is a bit strange for English speakers, somewhat like
the oo ofbootbut without rounding the lips. In words of foreign origin, it is often an in-between neutral vowel sound
used to make consonant clusters more pronounceable for the Koreans. In such words (and otherwise when
unstressed), it often is pronounced similar to the u of the Southern American English pronunciation ofnut, and the
guttural "e" sound in French.
Exercise
Words for practise:
Exercise: Writing practice
Since you now can read Korean words with these jamo, try some writing practice:
End of lesson 3
If you learned the letters in this lesson, you are ready to go on to lesson 4, where you will learn the rest of the simple
letters and continue practising your writing skills.
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_central_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_central_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Close_back_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Close_back_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E4%B8%80_%28eu%29_stroke_order.png8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
o
[o]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Korean/RWP/Lesson 4
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
o
[o]
eu
[]
i
[i]
This lesson is not yet complete. Help complete it by reading Korean/Writing lessons plan or clicking "edit".
Welcome back! This is the 4th lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers the rest ofthe basic Korean letters.
The vowel (u)
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(u) stroke order
Sound sample of(u) (helpinfo)
The first new letter is the vowel (u):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [u]
The vowel is pronounced like the oo in boot. Similar in appearance to (o) and (eu), the vowel (u) is
wider than it is tall, so it is written below the consonant rather than next to it.
Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: d
u
du
Exercise
The following Korean words contain (u). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as
usual.
You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual.
Exercise: writing practice
Try to write the following words:
The vowel (eo)
(eo) stroke order
Sound sample of(eo) (helpinfo)
The next of the vowels to learn is (eo):
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Letter (jamo):
Romanization: eo
Pronunciation: []
The vowel is pronounced like the u in plus (IPA: [ ]) and transcribed as eo (think "surgeon"). Similar inappearance to (a), the vowel (eo) is taller than it is wide, so it is written next to the consonant.
Exercise
Try to translate these Korean words:
Try translating the following words into Korean:
The vowel (e)
(e) stroke order
Sound sample of(e) (helpinfo)
The next vowel to learn is the digraph (e):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [e]
The appearance the vowel shows that it was originally a diphthong of(eo) and (i). Today, it is pronounced
like the e in the Australian pronunciation of word bedand transcribed as e.
Exercise
Try to translate these Korean words:
The vowel (ae)
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(ae) stroke order
Sound sample of(ae) (helpinfo)
The last vowel for this lesson is the digraph (ae):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: []
The appearance the vowel shows that it was originally a diphthong of (a) and (i). Today, it is pronounced
like the e in the American pronunciation of the English word bedand transcribed as ae.
Exercise
Try to translate these Korean words:
The consonant (hieut)
(hieut) stroke order
Sound sample of (hieut) (helpinfo)
The next consonant for this lesson is (hieut):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [h]
Exercise
Try to translate these Korean words:
The consonant (jieut)
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(jieut) stroke order
Sound sample of (jieut) (helpinfo)
The last consonant for this lesson is (jieut), it is pronounced as a j or a ch:
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: []
Exercise
Try to translate these Korean words:
End of lesson 4
If you learned the letters in this lesson, you are ready to go on to lesson 5, where you will learn some simple
variations of the letters you already learned.
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
eo
[]
o
[o]
u
[u]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
RomanizationPronunciation
ae[]
e[e]
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricate.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricate.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%88_%28jieut%29_stroke_order.png8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Korean/RWP/Lesson 5
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
eo
[]
o
[o]
u
[u]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
ae
[]
e
[e]
Welcome back! This is the fifth lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers somevariations on the letters you already learned.
The consonant (kieuk)
(kieuk) stroke order
Sound sample of (kieuk) (helpinfo)
The first new letter is the consonant (kieuk):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [kh]
The first new letter to learn is (kieuk). It looks and similar to (giyeok) and but has an additional horizontal line,
which indicates that is aspirated. That is, is pronounced with a burst of air. As you may recall, the difference
between aspirated and unaspirated sounds is easily demonstrated by putting a hand or a lit candle in front of your
mouth and saying "can" ([khn]) and then "scan" ([skn]). You should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the
candle flame with "can" that does not appear with "scan". So, (kieuk) is pronounced like the c in can.
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Exercise
Try writing the following words in Korean:
Try guessing the meaning of following Korean words:
The vowel (ya)
(ya) stroke order
Sound sample of(ya) (helpinfo)
The first new vowel to learn is (ya):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [ja]
The first vowel to learn is (ya). It looks and sounds similar to (a). The additional short line indicates that the
pronunciation begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (ya) is pronounced like the ya in yahoo, the German
word ja, and the Russian word (IPA: [ja]). In the terminology of phonetics, (ya) and the other four vowels in
this lesson are the iotizedversions of vowels you already learned.
Exercise
Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words:
The consonant (tieut)
(tieut) stroke order
Sound sample of (tieut) (helpinfo)
The next new letter is the consonant (tieut):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [t]
(tieut) looks and similar to (digeut) and but has an additional horizontal line, which indicates that is
aspirated. That is, is pronounced with a burst of air. Again, to demonstrate the aspiration, put a hand or a lit
candle in front of your mouth and say "tone" ([ton]) and then "stone" ([ston]). You should either feel a puff of air or
see a flicker of the candle flame with "tone" that does appear with "stone". So, (tieut) is pronounced like the tin
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tone.
Exercise
Try writing the following words in Korean:
Try guessing the meaning of the following Korean words:
The consonant (pieup)
(pieup) stroke order
Sound sample of (pieup) (helpinfo)
The next new letter is the consonant (pieup):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [p]
(pieup) looks and sounds similar to (bieup) and but has an additional horizontal line, which indicates that is
aspirated. That is, is pronounced with a burst of air. Again, to demonstrate the aspiration, put a hand or a lit
candle in front of your mouth and say "pin" ([p n]) and then "spin" ([spn]). You should either feel a puff of air or
see a flicker of the candle flame with "pin" that does appear with "spin". So, (pieup) is pronounced like the p in
pin.
Exercise
Try writing the following words in Korean:
Try guessing the meaning of the following Korean words and names:
The consonant (chieut)
(chieut) stroke order
Sound sample of (chieut) (helpinfo)
The next new letter is the consonant (chieut):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: []
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aspirated_%3F_affricative.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Aspirated_%3F_affricative.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%8A_%28chieut%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aspirated_bilabial_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Aspirated_bilabial_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%8D_%28pieup%29_stroke_order.png8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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(chieut) looks and sounds similar to (jieut) and but has an additional horizontal line, which indicates that is
aspirated. That is, is pronounced with a burst of air. Again, to demonstrate the aspiration, put a hand or a lit
candle in front of your mouth and say "chin" ([t n]) and then "gin" ([dn]). Ignoring the difference in use of the
vocal cords, you should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with "chin" that does appear with
"gin". So, although there is no precise English sound for (chieut), it is pronounced similar to the ch in chin.
Exercise
Try writing the following words in Korean:
Try guessing the meaning of the following Korean words:
The vowel (yeo)
(yeo) stroke order
Sound sample of(yeo) (helpinfo)
The next new vowel to learn is (yeo):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [j]
The vowel (yeo) looks and sounds similar to (eo). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation
begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yeo) is pronounced like the you in young.
Exercise
Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words:
Try to write the following in Korean:
The vowel (yo)
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(yo) stroke order
Sound sample of(yo) (helpinfo)
The next new vowel to learn is (yo):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [jo]
The vowel (yo) looks and sounds similar to (o). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation
begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yo) is pronounced like the yo in yoga.
Exercise
Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words:
Try to write the following in Korean:
The vowel (yu)
(yu) stroke order
Sound sample of(yu) (helpinfo)
The next new vowel to learn is (yu):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [ju]
The vowel (yu) looks and sounds similar to (u). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation
begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yu) is pronounced like the English word you.
Exercise
Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words and names:
Try to write the following in Korean:
The vowel (ye)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%A0_%28yu%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%9B_%28yo%29_stroke_order.png8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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(ye) stroke order
Sound sample of(ye) (helpinfo)
The next new vowel to learn is (ye):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [j]
The vowel
(ye) looks and sounds similar to
(e). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciationbegins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (ye) is pronounced like the Ya in the English word Yale.
Exercise
Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words and names:
Try to write the following in Korean:
The vowel (yae)
(yae) stroke order
Sound sample of(yae) (helpinfo)
The next new vowel to learn is (yae):
Letter (jamo):
Pronunciation: [j]
The vowel (yae) looks and sounds similar to (ae). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation
begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yae) is pronounced similar to the ye in the English word yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%92_%28yae%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%96_%28ye%29_stroke_order.png8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Exercise
Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words and names:
Try to write the following in Korean:
This lesson is not yet complete. Help complete it by reading Korean/Writing lessons plan or clicking "edit".
End of lesson 5
Very good! You have now learned almost all of the Korean letters. When you are ready, continue to the last lesson,
Lesson 6, to learn the last of the letters: the "tense" consonants and other digraphs. (It will be easy because they are
all based on letters you already know.)
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Aspirated
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
k
[kh]
t
[t]
p
[p]
ch
[]
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
ya
[ja]
eo
[]
yeo
[j]
o
[o]
yo
[jo]
u
[u]
yu
[ju]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
ae
[]
yae
[j]
e
[e]
ye
[je]
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
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Korean/RWP/Lesson 6
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
Consonants learned so far:
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Aspirated
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
k
[kh]
t
[t]
p
[p]
ch
[]
Vowels learned so far:
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
ya
[ja]
eo
[]
yeo
[j]
o
[o]
yo
[jo]
u
[u]
yu
[ju]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
RomanizationPronunciation
ae
[]
yae
[j]
e
[e]
ye
[je]
This lesson is not yet complete. The lesson plan says it should introduce "doubled letters" ( , , , , and)
and "the remaining diphthongs" (, , , , , , and). Help complete it by reading Korean/Writing lessons
plan or clicking "edit".
Welcome back! This is the sixth lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers the
remaining jamo, all just variations on the letters you already learned.
The diphthong (wi)The vowel is pronounced like the u in the French word chute (IPA: [ y ]) and transcribed as wi. Its appearance
shows that it was originally a diphthong of(u) and (i).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthonghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Korean/Writing_lessons_planhttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Korean/Writing_lessons_planhttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Korean/Writing_lessons_plan_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Letter (jamo):
=>
Romanization: d
w
i dwi
Pronunciation: [ d y ] [ dy ]
Exercise
The following Korean words contain (wi). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as
usual.
You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual.
The vowel ? (?)
? (?) stroke order
Sound sample of ? (?) (helpinfo)
The first new letter is the vowel ? (?):
Letter (jamo):
?
Pronunciation: [?]
The vowel ? is pronounced like the ? in ???. As its shape indicates, it was originally a digraph of ? and ?, but today it
is pronounced like ?.
Letter (jamo):
?=>
?
?
Romanization: ?
y?
??
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Exercise
The following Korean words contain ? (?). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as
usual.
You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual.
End of lesson 6
Congratulations! You have now learned the whole Korean alphabet! If you'd like to review or brush up, visit the
course summary.
Consonant jamo
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Aspirated
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
k
[kh]
t
[t]
p
[p]
ch
[]
Tense
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
gg or kk
[k]
ddor tt
[t]
bb or pp
[p]
ss
[s ]
jj
[]
Vowel jamo
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
ya
[ja]
eo
[]
yeo
[j]
o
[o]
yo
[jo]
u
[u]
yu
[ju]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
ae
[]
yae
[j]
e
[e]
ye
[je]
oe
[w]
wi
[wi]
ui
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
wa
[wa]
wo
[w]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
wae
[w]
we
[we]
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensenesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean8/7/2019 Korean Wikibooks
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Korean/RWP/Summary
Learn Korean (Introduction)
Read, write, pronounce Korean:
Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary
Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules
Grammar Conversation
This lesson summary is incomplete. Per the lesson plan, it should have a "table showing all letters, summary of all
rules, extra words for practice".
Consonants
Consonant jamo
Basic
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
g or k
[g] or [k]
n
[n]
dor t
[d] or [t]
ror l
[] or [l]
m
[m]
b or p
[b] or [p]
s
[s]
- or ng
silent or []
j or ch
[] or []
h
[h]
Aspirated
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
k
[kh]
t
[t]
p
[p]
ch
[]
Tense
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
gg or kk
[k]
ddor tt
[t]
bb or pp
[p]
ss
[s ]
jj
[]
Vowels
Vowel jamo
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
a
[a]
ya
[ja]
eo
[]
yeo
[j]
o
[o]
yo
[jo]
u
[u]
yu
[ju]
eu
[]
i
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
ae
[]
yae
[j]
e
[e]
ye
[je]
oe
[w]
wi
[wi]
ui
[i]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
wa
[wa]
wo
[w]
Letter (jamo)
Romanization
Pronunciation
wae
[w]
we
[we]
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