Republic of the Philippines

CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

DAANBANTAYAN CAMPUS
SAN REMIGIO EXTENSION
Tambongon San Remigio, Cebu, Philippines

KOREAN 2
MODULE

There are a few mnemonic devices commonly used to teach some of the above:

ㄱ is shaped like a gun.

ㅁ looks like a mouth, if you have a good imagination.
ㅂ looks like a bucket.
ㅎ could be a child’s drawing of someone wearing a hat.
A Korean letter is Hangul. ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ are consonants and ㅏ ㅑ
ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ are vowels.
Consonants:
ㄱ sounds like k or g
ㄴ sounds like n.
ㄷ sounds like t or d.
ㄹ sounds like L/r.
ㅁ sounds like m.
ㅂ sounds like b/p.
ㅅ sounds like s.
ㅇ doesn’t have any sound when it comes first and sounds like ~ng when it is at the bottom.
ㅈ sounds like j.
ㅊ sounds like ch.
ㅋ sounds like k.
ㅌ sounds like t.
ㅍ sounds like p.
ㅎ sounds like h.

Vowels:
ㅏ sounds like a/ah.
ㅑ sounds like ya.
ㅓ sounds like uh or u.
ㅕ sounds like yuh.
ㅗ sounds like o/oh.
ㅛ sounds like yo.
ㅜ sounds like oo.
ㅠ sounds like yoo.
ㅡ sounds like eu
ㅣ sounds like i/ee

There are some mixed consonants and vowels.

ㄲ sounds like gg.
ㄸ sounds like dd.
ㅃ sounds like bb
ㅆ sounds like ss.
ㅉ sounds like jj.
ㅐ sounds like ae
ㅒ sounds like yae
ㅔ sounds like ae
ㅖ sounds like yae
ㅚ sounds like oi
ㅙ sounds like oae
ㅟ sounds like we
ㅞ sounds like wae
ㅢ sounds like eui
ㅝ sounds like wu.

Now we are going to make a letter.

ㄱ + ㅏ = 가  (ga)
ㄴ + ㅏ = 나  (na)
ㄷ + ㅏ = 다  (da)
ㄹ + ㅏ = 라  (la)
ㅁ + ㅏ = 마  (ma)
ㅂ + ㅓ = 버  (bu)
ㅅ + ㅓ = 서  (su)
ㅇ + ㅓ = 어  (uh)  (If ㅇ comes at the beginning of the letter it has no sound.)
ㅈ + ㅓ = 저  (ju)
ㅊ + ㅓ = 처  (chu)
ㅌ + ㅗ = 토  (to)
ㅍ + ㅗ = 포  (po)
ㅋ + ㅗ = 코  (ko)
ㅎ + ㅗ = 호  (ho)
ㄲ + ㅜ = 꾸  (ggoo)
ㄸ + ㅜ = 뚜  (ddoo)
ㅃ  +ㅣ = 삐  (bbi)
ㅆ + ㅣ = 씨  (ssi)
ㅉ + ㅡ = 쯔  (jjeu)