Lesson 5
Welcome back! It has taken me a while, but I finally found some time to work on this lesson again. Your positive feedback convinced me that it would be worthwhile, that my lessons are read and appreciated. By the way, I'd like to create similar lessons for other scripts, so if you know any, please contact me. Let's start with the lesson. In this 5th lesson you are going to learn aspirated consonants and vowels with Y.
The first aspirated letter you are going to learn is Kiuek:
ㅋ
Kiuek is pronounced as a forceful /k/ sound, transliterated as k' . Appearance-wise it is based on the soft Giyeok (/g/ or /k/ sound), but with an extra horizontal line, making it look like a mirrored F.
Let's have a look at Korean words and names that you can read now:
캐나다
country in America
쿠바
country somewhere south of the above
이라크
country formerly known as Mesopotamia
클레스
unpopular with students
알코올
popular with students
바스켓볼
카메라
must-have for a tourist
마다가스카르
country east of Africa
방콕
capital of Thailand
헬싱키
great city, if you like darkness
자메이카
country near #2
멕시코
country not too far from the above
Now practice your ability to write Korean. Keep in mind that any K-sound in these words will be an aspirated K, a Kiuek.
bikini
ski
condo
disco
kilo
Bamako
Cairo
Caracas
Kabul
Colombo
Hamburg
Hong Kong
The second aspirated letter you'll learn is Tieut.
ㅌ
Tieut is pronounced as an aspirated /t/ . Just like Kiuek it's based on its softer version (Digeut) with an extra horizontal line, making it look like an E or like a E with a disconnected top line in some fonts.
Here are some words featuring Digeut:
게이트
like a door
테니스
스트레스
problem with having an important job
인터넷
it's worldwide
넥타이
worn by men
