How to read and write Hangeul Part 1

Basically, one syllablic block in Korean has to have at least one consonant and one vowel. There are 14 main consonants:

has the so nd val e o! "'# or "*#. It$s stronger than the %nglish "'# b t less strong as "*#. has the so nd val e o! somewhere between "r# and "l#. It$s sti!!er than "r# b t so!ter than "l#.

has the so nd val e o! "s#. has the so nd val e o! "b#.

, , , , , , , , , , ,

and 10 main vowels: In this lesson we are looking at the consonants

, ,

has the so nd val e o! "ae)e#.

, , , , , , , , ,

"sae#

"bae#

"'ae#

"rae#

"ae#

, , , , , and the vowels , , , .

has the same so nd val e as . These two vowels sed to have di!!erent so nds b t not any longer. is a vowel that is di!!ic lt to be romani*ed correctly, b t it$s s ally romani*ed as "eo#. It has the so nd val e similar to +ea$ in +earth$, +a$ in +an$, +i$ in +girl$, or + $ in + nderstand$.

has the so nd val e o! "g# or "k#. It$s stronger than the %ngilsh "g# and weaker than "k#. has the so nd val e o! "n# b t yo need to & t yo r tong e between yo r &&er and lower teeth when yo make the so nd. has the so nd val e o! "th# or "d#, and like , yo have to & t yo r tong e between yo r &&er and lower teeth. has the so nd val e o! "m# and yo can think o! has yo r mo th closed to make it easier to remember. has no so nd val e when it is sed at the beginning o! a syllable and is sed to !ill the em&ty ga& when yo ' st want to e(&ress the so nd o! a vowel.

"seo#

"beo#

"deo#

"meo#

"eo#

is also di!!ic lt to be romani*ed correctly. It$s romani*ed as "e # and it$s a so nd that yo can make by stretching yo r mo th sideways.

"se #

"be #

"de #

"me #

"e #

has the so nd val e o! "a#.

"ga)ka#

"na#

"da#

"ma#

"o#

"a#

has the so nd val e o! "o#. "go#

"no#

"do#

"mo#

"i#

has the so nd val e o! " #. "g # "n # "d # "m # " #

has the so nd val e o! "i#. "gi#

"ni#

"di#

"mi#

How to read and write Hangeul Part 2

In this video, we are looking at the consonants

, , , , and the vowels , , , .