Hangeul step 3

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In this lesson, you will learn:

  • Consonants: ㅅ, ㅂ, ㅈ, ㄹ
  • Vowels: ㅐ, ㅔ, ㅓ, ㅡ

ㅐ (vowel)

ㅅ (consonant)

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Sounds like the "ai" in air. For full information about this letter, see .

Young Male
Young female
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This is a /s/ sound. When combined with the vowels , , , , it is pronounced as an "sh" sound (IPA sound: /ʃ/). Since we haven't learned the last four vowels mentioned, just keep in mind that when ㅅ is combed with ㅣ, it sounds like "she" for now. You will be reminded later when you learn the other vowels. For full information about this letter, see .



Practice 새 (replace with image)


ㅔ (vowel)

ㅂ (consonant)

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This sound used to sound differnt from ㅐ, however these days this sound isn't really distinguished, though the vowel length can be shorter than ㅐ. Similar to the "e" in the English word "bed." For full information about this letter, see .

Young Male
Young female
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This is pronounced like a mix between a b and a p at the beginning of a word, however between vowels the sound is voiced and makes a /b/ sound. For full information about this letter, see .



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ㅓ (vowel)

ㅈ (consonant)

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There is no exact sound to compare it from English. This sound is somewhere between an "uh" sound and the 오 sound you previously learned. Listen to the audio file carefully! For full information about this letter, see .

Young Male
Young female
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This is pronounced like a mix between a j and a 'ch' sound at the beginning of a word, however between vowels the sound is voiced and makes a sound similar to a j sound, however it is not exactly a j sound. There is a slight difference. For full information about this letter, see .



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Practice 재 (replace with image)
Practice 제 (replace with image)
Practice 서 (replace with image)
Practice 버 (replace with image)


ㅡ (vowel)

ㄹ (consonant)

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There is no exact sound to compare this to in English, so listen to the audio file carefully. For full information about this letter, see .

Young Male
Young female
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This sound is capable of making both an R and an L sound. As the first letter it is sometimes pronounced a mix between an R and an L sound except with western loan words where it sounds more like an R. However, this is not exactly the /r/ sound from English, instead it's a flap R sound like the D sound in the word 'rider' or double T sound in the word 'better'. If you are familiar with the sounds of Spanish it is very similar to the R sound in the word 'caro.' For full information about this letter, see .



Practice 르 (replace with image)
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Real Examples

  • Consonants learned so far:ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㄷ, ㅇ, ㅅ, ㅂ, ㅈ, ㄹ
  • Vowels learned so far: ㅏ, ㅜ, ㅗ, ㅣ, ㅐ, ㅔ, ㅓ, ㅡ
Word Male voice Female voice
가게 (store)
가로 (the width)
가로수 (trees lining a street)
가르마 (a part in one´s hair)
가사 (the words of a song)
가수 (singer)
가스 (gas)
가루 (powder)
개 (dog)
개미 (ant)
거기 (there)
거리 (street,distance)
게 (crab)
기내 (the inside of a plane)
기다리다 (to wait)
고래 (whale)
구조 (rescue)
나라 (country)
나르다 (to carry)
나이 (age)
나사 (screw)
나비 (butterfly)
내리다 (to go descend)
네 (yes)
내 (my)
네모 (square)
너구리 (raccoon)
노루 (roe deer)
노래 (song)
다리 (leg, bridge)
다시 (again)
대구 (Daegu, the name of a Korean city)
데우다 (to reheat, to heat up)
도마 (chopping board)
도시 (city)
두부 (soybean curd,tobu)
드디어 (finally)
드라마 (drama)
라디오 (radio)
러시아 (Russia)
마루 (wooden floor)
마리 (counter used for count the number of animals)
마르다 (to get dry)
마시다 (to drink)
머무르다 (to stay)
매다 (to tie)
매미 (cicada)
매우 (very)
머리 (head)
메다 (to shoulder)
메모 (memo)
모두 (every)

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모래 (sand)

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모르다 (to not know)
모자 (cap,hat)
무게 (weight)
무대 (a stage)
미래 (future)
미로 (labyrinth)
미소 (smile)
바가지 (a rip off)
바보 (fool,idiot)
바지 (pants)
배 (pear, ship,abdomen)
배우 (actor/actress)
배우다 (to learn)
버리다 (to throw away)
버스 (bus)

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베개 (pillow)

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베다 (to lay one´s head on, to cut)
보내다 (to send)

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보다 (to see, to look, to watch)
보라 (purple)
보리 (barley)
부모 (parents)
부자 (rich person)
비 (rain)
비자 (visa)
사고 (accident)
서다 (to stand, to stop)
서비스 (service)
새다 (to leak out, to dawn)
새우 (shrimp)
세다 (to count, to strong)
세로 (length,height)

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세모 (triangular)
세수 (face washing)
세제 (cleaning material)
소개 (introduction)
수도 (capital city)
시다 (to be sour)
아내 (wife)
아래 (the bottom)
아주 (very)
아주머니 (middle age woman)
애기 (baby)
어디 (where)
어리다 (to be very young)
오래 (for a long time)
오리 (duck)
우리 (we)
우주 (universe)
이사 (moving [house])
이자 (interest [money])
자기 (honey,darling or oneself )
자주 (often)
주머니 (pocket)
주소 (address)
주스 (juice)
조개 (shellfish)
저자 (author)
제주도 (Jeju, an island in Korea)
지다 (to lose)
지구 (earth)


Writing

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

ㅅ stroke order.png
ㅅ has 2 strokes.
ㅂ stroke order.png
ㅂ has 4 strokes.
ㄹ stroke order.png
Don't try to write this like a backwards 5.
ㅈ stroke order.png
ㅈ has two styles, here is one way to write it.
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Here is another way ㅈ is written.
ㅐ stroke order.png
ㅔ stroke order.png
ㅓ stroke order.png
ㅡ stroke order.png


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