Okay. Most languages in this world have vowels. Korean, not an exception.(Though Hebrew is.)
So, Let's go.가자 (kaja~)
Simple vowels first.
ㅣ : 'ee' sound. That's just an I in English, right?
ㅏ : 'aa' sound.
ㅓ: 'aw' sound.(Romanised version- "eo")
These three vowels go beside the consonants.[Like best friends]
ㅗ : 'oh' sound.
ㅜ : 'uu' sound.
ㅡ : 'uh' sound.(Romanised version- "eo")
These vowels go under the consonants.[like cushions]
Not let's go to the complicated ones.These have 'y' sound along with the vowels they represent.
ㅕ : 'yaa' sound.
ㅑ : 'yaw' sound.
ㅛ : 'yo' sound
ㅠ : 'yuu' sound
The last set of vowels,now.
ㅐ : 'ae' sound. ( like in, baekhyun)
ㅔ : 'aee' sound. ( like in, sehun)
The difference between these two vowel's sound is that the first one has a short sound and the second one has a longer one.
And to anyone confused, the difference between:
ㅓ , ㅗ , ㅜ and ㅡ are:
ㅓ is awww... and, like, when you see something cute, like a cat. (Unless, you believe cats are the Satan and make some other sound, I don't know what to say.)
The mouth is relaxed here.
ㅗ is the typical "O". Like, the o in 'sort'.
The mouth is somewhat relaxed but the lips are closer here than it was in ㅓ.
ㅜ is oo. Like in 'moon'.
The mouth is not so relaxed here, and forms a shape you make when you're about to blow a kiss.
ㅡ is uhh. Without dragging it too much. Like the u in 'much'.
Try saying the four together and notice the difference.
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