Hangeul step 2
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Contents
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:
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 For full information about this letter, see ㅏ.
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 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. | ||||||||||
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| 가 | |
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 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.
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 This sound is the same as the N sound in English. For full information about this letter, see ㄴ. | ||||||||||
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| 누 | |
| 나 | |
| 구 | |
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 For full information about this letter, see ㅗ.
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 This sound is the same as the M sound in English. For full information about this letter, see ㅁ. | ||||||||||
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| 모 | |
| 마 | |
| 무 | |
| 고 | |
| 노 | |
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 This sound is similar to the 'ee' sound in 'see' or 'free.' For full information about this letter, see ㅣ.
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 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. | ||||||||||
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| 디 | |
| 다 | |
| 두 | |
| 도 | |
| 기 | |
| 니 | |
| 미 | |
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 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. | ||||
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| 아 | |
| 우 | |
| 오 | |
| 이 | |
Real Examples
| Word | Audio |
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| 가구 (furniture) | |
| 가나다 (Korean alphabet, i.e. abc) | |
| 가다 (to go) | |
| 가두다 (to lock in) | |
| 고구마 (sweet potato) | |
| 고기 (meat) | |
| 고모 (father's sister) | |
| 구두 (dress shoes) | |
| 기도 (prayer) | |
| 나가다 (go out) | |
| 나누다 (to divide) | |
| 나무 (tree) | |
| 나오다 (to come out) | |
| 나이 (age) | |
| 누가 (who) | |
| 누구 (who) | |
| 누나 (older sister) | |
| 다가가다 (approach to someone) | |
| 다니다 (to go to, work, school etc) | |
| 도구 (instrument,tool) | |
| 마다 (every) | |
| 마디 (joint, knot) | |
| 모기 (mosquito) | |
| 아기 (baby) | |
| 아마도 (maybe,perhaps) | |
| 아우 (man's younger brother-but not used anymore) | |
| 아이 (child) | |
| 오다 (to come) | |
| 오이 (cucumber) | |
| 이기다 (to win) | |
| 이모 (mother's sister) |
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. |
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 One straight line from top to bottom. |
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