Difference between revisions of "Learn hangeul"

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Learn the basics, for advanced learners, they should read the individual pages of each letter.

learn what 받침 is first, learn the basics of structure

Try to avoid romanization when learning Hangeul.

Beginners

This section is for people who are learning the Korean alphabet for the first time.

• Hangeul step 1: Introduction and background information on Hangeul (non detailed), details on the language structure, how vowels are formed
• Hangeul step 2: Consonants: [ ㄱ,ㄴ,ㅁ,ㄷ,ㅇ ] Vowels: [ ㅣ,ㅗ,ㅜ,ㅏ ]
• Hangeul step 3: Consonants: [ ㅅ,ㅂ,ㅈ,ㄹ ] Vowels: [ ㅓ,ㅐ,ㅔ,ㅡ ]
• Hangeul step 4: Consonants: [ ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅊ,ㅍ,ㅎ] Vowels: [ ㅑ,ㅕ,ㅛ,ㅠ,ㅒ,ㅖ ]
• Hangeul step 5: Final position (받침) sounds
• Hangeul step 6: Consonants [ ㄲ,ㄸ,ㅆ,ㅃ,ㅉ ] Vowels: [ ㅘ,ㅙ,ㅚ,ㅝ,ㅞ,ㅟ,ㅢ ]
• Hangeul step 7: Additional reading practice

Free videos teaching people, in plain English, how to read and write are up at www.learnkoreanonline.net

Intermediate

• Link to each character page which will be described thoroughly.
• Consonant assimilation rules

Advanced

• Important 한자
• Important 한자 2
• Important 한자 3
• Archaic and obsolete characters.