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

 

Korean Keyboard

To write with Korean alphabet in your ‘QWERTY’ keyboard,

At first, you have to install “Korean Language” to your “Language Options”

Check it on your :

1. Control Panel
2. Regional and Language Options
3. Tab ‘Language”, choose Details.
   Here you can add the language that you want.

After you choose Korea in your language Bar, there will be “Han/Eng Toggle”.
This feature enables you to change from Korean Alphabet (Hangûl) to Latin Alphabet.

Below is the translation of your QWERTY keyboard to Korean Alphabet

So, ‘m’ in Korean alphabet, has the same position with your ‘a’ in your QWERTY keyboard.
(don’t be confuse with the letter below the alphabet, just ignore it for a while ^o^)

At least you can match the QWERTY and the Korean keyboard first

화이팅!

Another resource about this might be seen here