Saturday, August 9, 2014

How Are Korean Words Formed?

Korean words are made by combining consonants and vowels together.

When you put a consonant and a vowel together they will become a character/syllable.
For example:
1. ㅍ+ㅗ= 포 and ㄷ+ㅗ= 도 so 포+도= 포도 pronounce as "podo" which means grapes...
2. ㅂ+ㅏ= 바, ㄷ+ㅏ= 다 so 바+다 = 바다 pronounce as 'bada' which means sea.

*모음 pronounce as 'mo-eum' means vowels
ㅏ, ㅑ,  ㅓ, ㅕ,   ㅗ, ㅛ, ㅜ,     ㅠ,       ㅡ,  ㅣ
ah, yah, eo, yeo, o,   yo, oo/u, yoo/yu, eu,   i/ee
ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ,    ㅘ, ㅙ,    ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ,   ㅟ, ㅢ
ae, yae, ea, yea, wa, wae, wi, wo, we, wui, yi

*자음 pronounce as 'ja-eum' means consonants
ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ,  ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅎ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ,ㅊ, ㄲ, ㄸ,    ㅃ,       ㅆ, ㅉ
k/g, n,   d/t l/r, m,   b/p, s,   ng, j,    h,   k,   t,    p,  ch, kk, tt/dd, bb,pp, ss, jj

**Take note
ㅇ - when it comes before the vowel like in 기(ah-gi), it doesn't have any sound. But if it comes after the vowel like in 강 (kang/gang), it has an -ng sound.

 Hangeul Reading and Writing Practice
Worksheet https://docs.google.com


ee
two
 
 
 
 
 
oh
five
 
 
 
 
 
noh
you
 
 
 
 
 
오이
oh-ee
cucumber
 
 
 
 
 
우유
oo-yoo
milk
 
 
 
 
 
na
I
 
 
 
 
 
여우
yeo-oo
fox
 
 
 
 
 
모자
moh-ja
hat
 
 
 
 
 
바다
ba-da
sea
 
 
 
 
 
오리
oh-ree
duck
 
 
 
 
 
우리
oo-ree
we/our
 
 
 
 
 
bae
ship/pear
 
 
 
 
 
의자
ui-ja
chair
 
 
 
 
 
다리
da-ree
leg/bridge
 
 
 
 
 
모래
moh-rae
sand
 
 
 
 
 
머리
meo-ree
head
 
 
 
 
 
나라
na-ra
country
 
 
 
 
 
나무
na-moo
tree
 
 
 
 
 
사자
sa-ja
lion
 
 
 
 
 
soh
ox/cow
 
 
 
 
 
sae
bird
 
 
 
 
 
나이
na-i
age
 
 
 
 
 
싸다
ssada
cheap
 
 
 
 
 
의사
ui-sa
doctor
 
 
 
 
 
bee
rain
 
 
 
 
 


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