HANGUL
Let's start with the basic first before actually learning some Korean words and expressions.
Han-gul, or the Korean alphabet is composed of forty letters. Twenty-one of which are vowels, including 13 dipthongs, and the remaining nine-teen are consonants.
Here are the vowels:
ㅏ a
ㅓ eo
ㅗ o
ㅜ u
ㅡ eu
ㅣi
ㅐae
ㅔ e
ㅑya
ㅕyeo
ㅛ yo
ㅠ yu
ㅒyae
ㅖ ye
ㅘ wa
ㅙ wae
ㅝ weo
ㅞ we
ㅚ we (eo)
ㅟ wi (eu)
ㅢ ui
Here are the consonants:
Hangul
Name
Initial
Medial
Final
ㄱ
Kiyok
K-
-g-
-k
ㄴ
Niun
N-
-n-
-n
ㄷ
Tigut
T-
-d-
-t
ㄹ
Riul
R-
-r-
-l
ㅁ
Mium
M-
-m-
-m
ㅂ
Piup
P-
-b-
-p
ㅅ
Shiot
S-
-sh-
-t
ㅇ
Iung
Notpronounced
-ng-
-ng
ㅈ
Chiut
Ch-
-j-
-t
ㅊ
Chi'ut
Chi'-
-chi'-
-t
ㅋ
K'iuk
K'-
-k'-
-k
ㅌ
T'iut
T'-
-t'-
-t
ㅍ
P'iup
P'-
-p'-
-p
ㅎ
Hiut
H-
-h-
-t
ㄲ
Ssang-kiyok
Kk-
-kk-
-k
ㄸ
Ssang-tigut
Tt-
-tt-
notpronounced
ㅃ
Ssang-piup
Pp-
-pp-
notpronounced
ㅆ
Ssang-shiot
Ss-
-ss-
-t
ㅉ
Ssang-chiut
Cc-
-cc-
notpronounced
Only twenty-four of this alphabet are basic the rest are compounds of the basic letters
In Han-gul, all symbols are written and read from too to bottom and from left to right. See the following words and how they are wrutten and read:
Duck
오라
O-ri
(ㅇ here is not pronounced)
Hat
모자
Mo-ja
-
Hope ya'll got it:>
@_kjddssi; reference: Learning Korean Effortlessly
