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Korean Alphabet – Hangul Posted by on Jul 14, 2014 in Uncategorized

Korean alphabet is Hangul in Korean. Hangul consist of 40 letters. It has 19 consonants and 21 vowels. I believe that you can memorize 21 vowels in one to two days if you study hard. Do you want to try? I will post about vowels in this week and consonants next week for your information. In the vowel, there are simple vowel and diphthongs like below. The best way to learn Korean vowel is watching video below. It explains how to pronounce each vowel, listen carefully so you can pronounce correctly.  After the next week, you will know how to make Korean words using the letters.

Simple vowel ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅡ, ㅜ,ㅣ, ㅐ, ㅔ

Diphthongs ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅖ, ㅒ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅚ, ㅟ, ㅢ

 

Please watch video below, you will master Korean vowel and you will know how to speak Korean more logically with this fundamental knowledge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-puAiJa4t4c

 

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Soo came to America in 2002 for studying English and getting degrees in higher education. He’d never expected to work in America after he finished his college, but he got a great job in construction and had worked with them for three years. He also has working as a FT and PT Korean instructor and tutor for seven years in Korean and America. He got his TESOL certificate in 2011 and finished his master’s degree in 2014.