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This is an introduction to Hangul, and teaches you the basics of reading Korean. I made this for people with little to no exposure to Korean. This is a basic lesson on how to read Korean characters, and how Korean characters are built.
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Introduction to Hangul (한글)
사랑해요
Basic Korean: Alphabet and Reading
Friday, July 2, 2010
Welcome to Korean
✤ Some quick facts about Korean:
✤ The Korean language originated as Chinese script, which was called “Hanja”. These were Chinese characters, but read completely different from Chinese.
✤ In 1443, King Sejong the Great created Hangul.
✤ Hangul consists of 24 characters: 14 consonants, 10 vowels
Friday, July 2, 2010
Consonants
✤ There are 19 consonants. Here they are, with their associated sounds:
✤ ㄱ (g,k) ㄴ (n) ㄹ (r,l) ㅁ (m) ㅂ (b,p) ㅅ (s) ㅇ (ng) ㅈ (j) ㅊ (ch) ㅋ (k) ㄷ (t) ㅍ (p) ㅎ (h).
✤ These ones are double consonants. They have a ‘harder’ sound:
✤ ㄲ (kk) ㄸ (tt) ㅃ (pp) ㅆ (ss) ㅉ (jj)
Don’t worry too much about this yet. We’ll cover it in more detail soon.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Vowels
✤ These require a little more complicated explanation. Here we go:
✤ ㅏ (water) ㅑ (yah) ㅓ (law) ㅕ (yeo) ㅗ (sole) ㅛ (yo) ㅜ (spoon) ㅠ (you) ㅡ (put) ㅣ(feet)
✤ Here are the ones that I often confuse:
✤ ㅐ(hand.. ae) ㅒ(yae.. yay!) ㅔ(met.. eh) ㅖ(ye.. like Kanye)
✤ These ones combine single vowels:
✤ ㅙ, ㅚ ㅞ<-- wet ㅝ (woh) ㅟ (we) ㅢ (oui)
Friday, July 2, 2010
How to read Korean
✤ Reading Korean is a bit different from reading English (or any other language, for that matter).
✤ Korean is read in a clockwise direction. Take the word 탕 (tahng, meaning soup)
✤ We read the characters in this order: ㅌ, ㅏ, ㅇ, because ㅌ is at the top, and following the clockwise direction, ㅏ is next, ending with ㅇ.
✤ 탕
Friday, July 2, 2010
Putting it together
✤ Let’s put these together. If you remember from before, ㅂ is what sound?
✤ That’s right. B.
✤ Now, ㅏ is what sound? That’s right. Ah.
✤ Try reading this: 밥.
✤ This means ‘rice’. How do you pronounce it?
Friday, July 2, 2010
Putting it together
✤ Let’s put these together. If you remember from before, ㅂ is what sound?
✤ That’s right. B.
✤ Now, ㅏ is what sound? That’s right. Ah.
✤ Try reading this: 밥.
✤ This means ‘rice’. How do you pronounce it?
✤ ㅂ = b. ㅏ = ah. So 밥 = bab.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Practice
✤ For practice, try reading the following. Use the guide to put the words together.
✤ Remember that you start with the glyph on top, and move clockwise.
✤ 한
✤ 큰
✤ 강
Friday, July 2, 2010
Practice
✤ For practice, try reading the following. Use the guide to put the words together.
✤ Remember that you start with the glyph on top, and move clockwise.
✤ 한
✤ 큰
✤ 강
(han, meaning sorrow)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Practice
✤ For practice, try reading the following. Use the guide to put the words together.
✤ Remember that you start with the glyph on top, and move clockwise.
✤ 한
✤ 큰
✤ 강
(han, meaning sorrow)
(kun, meaning big)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Practice
✤ For practice, try reading the following. Use the guide to put the words together.
✤ Remember that you start with the glyph on top, and move clockwise.
✤ 한
✤ 큰
✤ 강
(han, meaning sorrow)
(kun, meaning big)
(gang, meaning river)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.Bang
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.Bang Jang
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.Bang Jang Cheong
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.Bang Jang Cheong Om
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.Bang Jang Cheong Om Yeok
Friday, July 2, 2010
Special Considerations
✤ Like any language, there are special considerations when reading Korean.
✤ Have a look at this word: 암, pronounced ‘ahm’, means Cancer (sorry, I couldn’t think of a nicer word)
✤ When a word begins with a vowel sound, there will always be the ㅇ glyph at the beginning. It is silent.
✤ Note that it is ONLY silent at the beginning of a character. If ㅇ is at the end of a character, it is pronounced ng.
방 장 청 옴 역 욘vs.Bang Jang Cheong Om Yeok Yon
Friday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안녕하세
Friday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안녕하세
anFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안녕하세
an nyeongFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안녕하세
an nyeong haFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안녕하세
an nyeong ha saeFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안녕하세
an nyeong ha sae yoFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안
녕하세
an nyeong ha sae yoFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안 녕
하세
an nyeong ha sae yoFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안 녕 하
세
an nyeong ha sae yoFriday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안 녕 하 세an nyeong ha sae yo
Friday, July 2, 2010
Your first phrase!
✤ Here we will learn your first actual word. It means ‘How are you?’
✤ Try reading it out loud. You’ll sound silly at first, as you sound them out, but it will become more fluid with practice.
요안 녕 하 세an nyeong ha sae yo
Friday, July 2, 2010
Congratulations!
✤ You’ve completed your first, very basic Hangul lesson.
✤ Again, the point of this lesson was to introduce you to Hangul, the Korean alphabet.
✤ This will allow you to do some fun stuff like read and write Konglish to your friends. What I mean by this is that you can write English words in Korean. For example: 핼로, if you can read that, sounds like ‘hello’.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Questions & Comments
✤ Questions and comments are always welcome.
✤ You can email me at [email protected] and I will be happy to reply to any questions you have about Hangul, Korean, or teaching English in Korea.
✤ Can you read these? They are Konglish:
✤ 하피
✤ 캐나다
✤ 컴퓨터
Friday, July 2, 2010
Further Reading
✤ Some great resources exist on the Internet:
✤ LearnKorean.com
✤ Korea Broadcasting System (KBS)
✤ My blog (No Korean lessons, but a good read nonetheless)
Friday, July 2, 2010
