介绍Introduction

Since consonants cannot be pronounced without the help of a vowel, we have decided to teach you the vowel first, then proceed to pair it with a consonant. Note some of these files are set to loop, so you must manually stop the files yourself.

In this lesson, you will learn:

声母Consonants: ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㄷ, ㅇ
韵母Vowels: ㅏ, ㅜ, ㅗ, ㅣ

{{{Vowel}}} (vowel)

ㄱ (consonant)

For full information about this letter, see ㅏ.

男
女

This is pronounced like a mix between a G and a K at the beginning of a word. However, when found between vowels, the sound is voiced and makes a /g/ sound. For full information about this letter, see ㄱ.

练习Practice
가

{{{Vowel}}} (vowel)

{{{Consonant}}} (consonant)

This sound makes an "ooh" sound, similar to 'moon' or 'blue' or the U sound in Spanish (i.e. usted in "usted"). For full information about this letter, see ㅜ.

男
女

This sound is the same as the N sound in English. For full information about this letter, see ㄴ.

练习Practice
누
나
구

{{{Vowel}}} (vowel)

{{{Consonant}}} (consonant)

For full information about this letter, see ㅗ.

男
女

This sound is the same as the M sound in English. For full information about this letter, see ㅁ.

练习Practice
모
마
무
고
노

{{{Vowel}}} (vowel)

{{{Consonant}}} (consonant)

This sound is similar to the 'ee' sound in 'see' or 'free.' For full information about this letter, see ㅣ.

男
女

This is pronounced like a mix between the sounds of a T and a D at the beginning of a word. However, when found between vowels, the sound is voiced and makes a /d/ sound. For full information about this letter, see ㄷ.

练习Practice
디
다
두
도
기
니
미

ㅇ (声母consonant)

ㅇ represents no sound when found in the initial position of a syllable. Instead, it simply acts as a placeholder since vowels cannot be written by themselves. However, if ㅇ is in the final (bottom) position, it makes an "ng" sound, i.e. 'sing' or 'wrong' (IPA: ŋ ), but these final position sounds will not be discussed until step 5 of this lesson. For now, think of it as a placeholder for a consonant when only a vowel sound must be written. For full information about this letter, see ㅇ.

练习Practice
아
우
오
이

Real Examples

单词	Audio
가구 (家具furniture)
가나다 (韩文声母的Korean alphabet, i.e. abc)
가다 (去／走to go)
가두다 (禁闭／收监to lock in)
고구마 (红薯／黄树sweet potato)
고기 (肉meat)
고모 (姑妈father's sister)
구두 (皮鞋dress shoes)
기도 (祈祷／祈念prayer)
나가다 (出去go out)
나누다 (分to divide)
나무 (树／树木tree)
나오다 (出来to come out)
나이 (年龄／年纪age)
누가 (谁who)
누구 (谁who)
누나 (姐姐older sister)
다가가다 (靠近approach to someone)
다니다 (来往 to go to, work, school etc)
도구 (工具instrument,tool)
마다 (每every)
마디 (节joint, knot)
모기 (蚊子 mosquito)
아기 (宝宝　／小孩儿 baby)
아마도 (可能／也许／大概maybe,perhaps)
아우 (弟弟man's younger brother-but not used anymore)
아이 (孩子child)
오다 (来to come)
오이 (黄瓜cucumber)
이기다 (赢to win)
이모 (以马mother's sister)

写字Writing

Characters are written in a certain stroke order. Korean letters are written left to right, top to bottom.

ㄱ is written like this when combined with a horizontal vowel like ㅗ or ㅜ.	ㄱ is written like this when combined with a vertical vowel such as ㅏ or ㅣ.	ㄴ is written similarly to an L.
Do not let the font confuse you, ㅁ is written like a box.	ㄷ is written in 2 strokes, do not write it like a 'C.'	ㅇ is written the same way as a Roman 'O'
ㅏ is written with 2 strokes.
	One straight line from top to bottom.