Korean language – For beginners
Korean is invented in year 1433 by King ‘Seojong’
Korean language is one of the most systematic and scientific languages around the world.
Korean alphabet is modeled after the vocal organ (for consonants) and oriental philosophy (for vowels).
Let us take a deeper look on Korean alphabets and comprehend the mechanism of it.
Korean alphabet (called ‘Hangeul’ in Korean) consists of 26 letters and is divided into two categories: consonants and vowels.
[Consonant]
A consonant cannot produce sound itself, but ought to be combined with a vowel to be pronounced.
Consonants constitute with 14 letters:
A consonant is as follows:
ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ
< Korean alphabet chart with english transaction >
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ㄱ : Gi yeok |
ㄲ : Ssang* Gi yeok |
ㄴ : Ni eun |
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ㄷ : Di Geut |
ㄸ : Ssang Di Geut |
ㄹ : Lee eul |
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ㅁ : Mee eum |
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ㅂ : Bi eub |
ㅃ : Ssang Bi eub |
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ㅅ : Si eut |
ㅆ : SSang Si eut |
ㅇ : E eng |
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ㅈ : Ji eut |
ㅉ : Ssang Ji eut |
ㅊ : Chi eut |
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ㅋ : Ki eug |
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ㅌ : Ti eut |
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ㅍ : Pi eub |
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ㅎ : Hee eut |
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※ Sound of each letter is marked in bold-letter.
*Ssang is made up when two same consonants are paired.
There are five double consonants: ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅆ, ㅃ, ㅉ
[Vowel]
Vowels are constitutes with 10 letters:
< Korean alphabet chart with english transaction >
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ㅏ : ah |
ㅑ: ya |
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ㅓ : eo |
ㅕ: yeo |
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ㅗ : o |
ㅛ : yo |
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ㅜ : woo (put together with your mouth with o shape) |
ㅠ : u |
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ㅡ : eu (stretch your mouth like a line) |
ㅣ : ee |
Example.
combination1: consonant plus vowel
combination2: consonant plus vowel plus consonant
ㄱ ㅗ : 고
가 : G + ah 갸 : G + ya
거 : G + eo 겨 : G + yeo
나: N + ah 너: N + eo
다: D + ah 더: D + eo
라: L + ah 러: L + eo
마: M + ah 머: M + eo
오: + o 아: + a
어: +eo
가 나 다 라 마 바 사/ 아 자 차 타 /카 파 하 : voice record