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Revision as of 07:24, 21 February 2010
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Status: 2/20/2010
Thanks to the folks at talktomeinkorean.com we now have audio files up for this section. A big thank you to them and also to 신지은 for thinking up most of the examples.
- Descriptions made for section 6
- A few more sounds need to be recorded for section 5 and 6.
- Stroke order images have been made
- Quiz now available for sections 1-3: Hangeul quiz1
- Quiz for sections 4, 5, 6
- Various sections had more information added to them, as well as an image added to section 6.
- Check the blogpost for this section here
Beginners
This section is for people who are learning the Korean alphabet for the first time. Click on a button below to get started
 Introduction and background information on Hangeul |
 Consonants: ㄱ,ㄴ,ㅁ,ㄷ,ㅇ Vowels: ㅣ,ㅗ,ㅜ,ㅏ |
 Consonants: ㅅ,ㅂ,ㅈ,ㄹ Vowels: ㅓ,ㅐ,ㅔ,ㅡ |
 Consonants: ㅋ,ㅌ,ㅊ,ㅍ,ㅎ] Vowels: ㅑ,ㅕ,ㅛ,ㅠ,ㅒ,ㅖ |
 Final position (받침) sounds |
 Consonants ㄲ,ㄸ,ㅆ,ㅃ,ㅉ Vowels: ㅘ,ㅙ,ㅚ,ㅝ,ㅞ,ㅟ,ㅢ |
Intermediate
- Link to each character page which will be described thoroughly.
- Consonant assimilation rules
Advanced
Quizes
- Quiz for Hangeul sections 1-3: Hangeul quiz 1
FAQ
What's the point in learning Hangeul when I can just use Romanization?
Simple answer: Romanization is not accurate for Hangeul. Not only is the Romanization system for Korean not very accurate in the first place, but Korean has unique sounds that do not correspond to sounds in English. In order to read Korean and pronounce Korean words accurately, you must first learn to read the Korean script itself. Would it make sense to learn English using the Korean script? Of course not, so in the same sense, English cannot represent Korean sounds accurately.
See also
