New Vocab from Lesson 1

Here’s i write the new vocabularies that i got from the course Lesson 1…..

No	Word		Meaning
1	이것	i-geot	this
2	그것	geu-geot	that (the object is far from us,but closer to the person whom we talk with)
3	저것	jeo-geot	that (the object is far from us and to the person whom we talk with)
4	예	ye	yes
5	아니요	a-ni-o	no
6	무엇	mu-eot	what
7	책	ch’aek	book
8	책상	ch’aek-sang	a desk for studying
9	연필	yeon-p’il	pencil
10	의자	eui-ja	chair
11	잡지	jap-ji	magazine
12	신문	sin-mun	newspaper
13	창문	ch’ang-mun	window
14	나무	na-mu	tree
15	집	jip	home
16	돈	don	money
17	역	yeok	terminal
18	표	p’yo	ticket
19	안경	an-gyeong	glasses
20	시계	si-gye	clock

Additional :

• To greet others in Korean, there is no time constraint (like morning, evening, night), for all we can use : an-nyeong ha-se-yo : 안녕 하세요
• To say thank you in Korean, we can use : kam-sa ham-ni-da : 감사 함니다 , or ko-map-seum-ni-da 고맙습니다, or the short way (informal) we can say ko-map-ta : 고맙다

The italic alphabet means that is a one vowel / ‘y’ vowel.

 

Vowel and Consonant Combination

Lesson 1 – Part C

To make a combination consonant and vowel in Hangeul (let’s say Korean alphabet with Han-gûl / Han-geul for the next) is like making a b c… when you want to write mom then it will be m + o + m.

The same method is applied in Hangeul.

Something for sure, the vowel can’t stand alone. It MUST be preceded with a consonant.

So if you want to write something that started with vowel, just put the ‘ng’ = ㅇ before it. It won’t be read as ng if it’s placed in front.

Example :

anio (means : no), must be written as 아니오 (ng.a + n.i + ng.o) , instead of ㅏ니ㅗ (a + n.i + o).
Remember the ng is not said

There are several ways to make vowels and consonants combination:

• consonant + vowel,
  example : to write ma is m + a -> ㅁ + ㅏ => 마
• consonant + vowel + batchin
  don’t be scare with new terminology “batchin”..it’s just a consonant that placed below the consonant + vowel.
  example : to write mam is m + a + m -> ㅁ + ㅏ + ㅁ => 맘 , the 2nd is the batchin.

See..it’s not really hard how to read hangeul 한글

화이팅!!! ^ㅇ^

 

Korean Alphabet – The Combination

Lesson 1 – Part B

Korean has combination vowels, like below.

Basic	Combination	Transliteration	‘y’ sound
ㅏ + ㅣ	ㅐ	ae (like ‘a’ in bag)	ㅒ
ㅓ + ㅣ	ㅔ	e (like ‘e’ in net)	ㅖ
ㅗ + ㅏ	ㅘ	wa	-
ㅗ + ㅐ	ㅙ	wae	-
ㅗ + ㅣ	ㅚ	oĕ	-
ㅜ + ㅓ	ㅝ	wô	-
ㅜ + ㅔ	ㅞ	we	-
ㅜ + ㅣ	ㅟ	wi	-
ㅡ + ㅣ	ㅢ	ûi	-

Actually, it also has combination consonants, for g, d, b, s, and c.

It’s written doubled like ㄸ (for double d / t becomes tt) the same pattern for g/k, b/p, s and c.

 

Korean Basic Alphabets

Lesson 1 – Part A

Korean alphabet (called : Han-geul – 한글, or Hanja) contains only 10 basic vowels and 14 basic consonants.

The basic vowels can be categorized into 2 groups :

• First : – only 6 alphabets

No	Script	Transliteration	Pronunciation	QWERTY Position
1	ㅏ	a	‘a’ in father	‘k’
2	ㅓ	ô	‘o’ in son	‘j’
3	ㅣ	i	‘ee’ in keen	‘l’
4	ㅗ	o	‘o’ in go	‘h’
5	ㅜ	u	‘u’ in nude	‘n’
6	ㅡ	û	‘u’ in put	‘m’

No 1 – 3 vertical vowels
No 4 – 6 horizontal vowels

• Second : (‘Y’ Vowels) – only 4 alphabets
  Actually it’s similar with the basic vowels, for y vowels, we just have to add little dash marks like below

No	Script	Transliteration
1	ㅑ	ya
2	ㅕ	yô
3	ㅛ	yo
4	ㅠ	yu

See, the difference is only a little dash to its main basic vowel.

The consonants are usually pronounced as they are in English.

And just like the vowels, the consonant can be categorized into 2 groups:

• First : (unaspirated consonant) – only 8 alphabets

No	Script	Transliteration
1	ㄱ	g or k
2	ㄷ	d or t
3	ㅂ	b or p
4	ㅈ	j or c
5	ㄹ	l or r
6	ㅁ	m
7	ㅇ	ng
8	ㄴ	n

• Second : (aspirated consonant) – only 6 alphabets
  It’s similar like the ‘y’ vowels. We just need to add little dash marks

No	Script	Transliteration
1	ㅋ	k’
2	ㅌ	t’
3	ㅍ	p’
4	ㅊ	ch’
5	ㅎ	h
6	ㅅ	s

See the difference between k with k’, t with t’, p with p’, c with ch’. It’s just a little dash mark