This book will help students improve their conversational ability, better understand the nuances in Korean, and challenge them to go the extra length to put their learning to use. As an author, I would love to help you utilize what you already know...
Korean Alphabet consist of 14 basic consonants, 5 double consonants, 10 basic vowels, 11 complex vowels. Total of 40 characters.
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한글 (Hangul) is a syllabic language. For example, 식빵 (shikppang) which means bread has two syllable. 식 is the first syllable and 빵 is the second syllable. Each syllable has a consonant and vowels.
그럼 먼저, 기본모음을 볼까요? (Then, shall we learn first the basic vowels?)
한국어의 모음은 "ㅇ" 소리를 가지고 있어요. (Korean vowels has "ㅇ" constant.)
To make it clarify, the consonants "ㅇ" used when the word was begin in vowels. In the next lesson, I'll explain on how it works.
VOWELS
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Vertical Vowels:
1. 아 orㅏ- a ➡ ㅏ has the sound "a" in the word "car". You can also think of it as the "ah" sound you might say when you've realized something.
2. 어 orㅓ- eo ➡ ㅓ is pronounced as "eo" in the word "up". It is similar to "oh"- as if you're thinking of something
3. 이 or ㅣ - i ➡ ㅣ is pronounced as "i" in the word "tree" or "week"
Horizontal Vowels:
4. 오 or ㅗ - o ➡ ㅗ is pronounced as "o" in the word "old".
5. 우 or ㅜ - u ➡ ㅜ is pronounced like "u" in the word "zoo" and "glue"
6. 으 or ㅡ - eu ➡ ㅡ is pronounced as "eu" in the word "cook" or "good"
Semi-vowels:
7. 에 orㅔ - e ➡ ㅔ has the sound "e" in the word "egg" or "men". You can also think of it as the "eh" sound
8. 애 orㅐ- ae ➡ To pronounce ㅐ correctly, mouth should be more open widen than ㅔ. However, in real life, this difference has not been observed anymore. So you, just need to learn how to "spell" some words.
9. 야 orㅑ- ya ➡ ㅑis pronounced as "ya" in the word "yarn"
10. 여 orㅕ- yeo ➡ ㅕ is pronounced as "yeo" in the word "yuh"
