Learn Korean/ Hangul

Korean Alphabet

Before we proceed guys..let me share to you some brief history of Korean alphabet.

The Korean alphabet is called hangul. It was introduced in the 15th century by King Sejong to replace the existing Chinese script (called hanja), which few Koreans could read. Hangul consists of 14 simple consonants and 8 vowels (together with consonant clusters and diphthongs). Hangul can be written horizontally or vertically, with the horizontal, Latin style much more favoured.

~~Vowel~~

아 - a

에 - e

이 - i

오 - o

우 - u

으 - eu

애 - ae

어 - eo

~~Consonant~~

ㅊ - ch

ㅂ - b *sometimes used as p

ㄷ - d *sometimes used as t

ㄱ - g *sometimes used as k

ㅎ - h

ㅈ - j

ㅋ - k

ㅁ - m

ㅇ - ng *silent in initial position.

ㅍ - p

ㄹ - r *sometimes used as L

ㅌ - t

~~Cluster of consonant and vowel~~

야 - ya

예 - ye

여 - yeo

요 - yo

유 - yu

와 - wa

왜 - wae

웨 - we

위 - wi

워 - wo

의 - ui

ㅃ - pp

ㅉ - jj

ㄸ - tt

ㄲ - kk

ㅆ - ss

*tip,tip,tip*
For pronunciation:

Yeo pronounce as yoh
silent e but nagkakaiba nalang sa tono at sa way ng pagsasabi mo.

Ex.
Chanyeol

Annyeong

Ae, Wae at Hae
Pronounce as eh/Weh/He silent a naman dito,still the pronounciation is depend on your tone..basta silent lang ang a.

Ex.
Dongsaeng
Read as dong-seng.

Andwaeyo
Read as an-dwe-yo

Saranghae
Read as sa-rang-he.

May napansin ba kayo?

Wala?
eh deh wow!hahaha

Laging silent ang unang vowel letter diba. Applicable lang ang pagsasilent letter sa mga cluster letters like..
ae, eo, yeo, yae, eu, at wae.

Other sample..

√ Waeyo
√ Annyeong
√ Eomma

Nabasa nyo po ba ng maayos?

Kayo na po bahala umintindi ha..actually madali lang po yan kasi Alphabet palang yan di pa nagstart ang madugong lesson...baka sa kalagitnaan na ng lesson nagnonosebleed na kayo(di ko pinangarap magnosebleed kaya basic lang ang inaral ko)hahaha.

*Hangul alphabet on multimedia*
Kamsahabnida chingus!

Enelra_jadine ^_^