Learn Korean Language Guide - Korean Beginners Guide 2

How to compose syllabic units

 

Korean vowels and consonants

Hangeul (한글, the Korean alphabet) consists of forty letters. Twenty-one of these represent
vowels (including thirteen diphthongs), and nineteen represent consonants.

 

How to compose syllabic units

When we write individual letters in a syllabic unit for actual writing, there are five cases.

As illustrated in the following diagram, the individual letters are arranged and proportioned to fit neatly into a square box, and are always read from left to right, then top to bottom.

Hangeul compose syllabic units

 

 

A maximal Korean syllable structure is CVCC, where C represents "consonant" and V "vowel".

While C is optional, V is obligatory. The Korean syllable structure can therefore be re-ritten as (C) V (C) (C). All the possible combinations of the syllable occurrences are exemplified as the following:

 

Hangeul is Written is syllabic units made up two, three, or four letters.

Hangeul made of letters

 

☞ 한국어:  ㅎ[h] +ㅏ[a] + ㄴ[n] = 한[han],       ㄱ[g] + ㅜ[u] + ㄱ[k] = 국[guk],    ㅇ[silent] + ㅓ[eo] = 어[eo]

 

 

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※ Hangeul is difficult to pronounce, so you have to repeat it over and over again and read it out loud.
    Koreans also practice pronunciation with a ballpoint pen in their mouth for correct pronunciation.
    Watch YouTube, make a loud sound, and listen to it over and over again.

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