Lesson 1

Korean is written in syllables and each syllable contains a consonant and a vowel, and sometimes another consonant. Vowels can either be written on the right of the first consonant or under it. Horozontal vowels (ㅗ,ㅛ,ㅜ,ㅠ,ㅡ)are always under**. Vertical vowels(ㅏ,ㅑ,ㅓ,ㅕ) are always on the right*. Through this you can form basic syllables such as: 가 (ga) or 고 (go) these two have the same first consonant, but different vowels. Going further, you can make more complex syllables such as 난 (nan) or 논 (non). And even more advanced.....the compound vowels! (ㅘ,ㅙ,ㅚ,ㅝ,ㅞ,ㅟ) 묌 (moem) 뭼 (muem) and my favorite, even though these are not commonly used in the korean language, very complex syllables like: 쒫 (shuelh)

Vowels
Right hand side*
ㅏah (on this page i will romanize it as "a")
ㅓuh (fun)(on this page i will romanize it as "ô")***
ㅣee (on this page i will romanize it as "i")
***be careful, because when you are reading romanized words on pages other than this one it will say eo, not uh or ô
Under**
ㅗoh (go)(on this page i will romanize it as "o")
ㅜoo (boo)(on this page i will romanize it as "u")
ㅡou (would) (on this page i will romanize it as "û")
more complex vowels
ㅐ eh (bag)
ㅔ eh (net)



Vowels with two lines coming from the main line are pronounce with a "y" in front of them.
ㅑ (on this page i will romanize it as "ya")
ㅕ (on this page i will romanize it as "yô")
ㅛ (on this page i will romanize it as "yo")
ㅠ (on this page i will romanize it as "yu")

ㅒ yeh like a "y" followed by the a in bag
ㅖ yeh like a "y" followed by the e in net

Double and triple vowels
ㅘ wa
ㅙ we
ㅝ wô
ㅞ we
ㅟ wee
Differently pronounced than they look
ㅚ weh
ㅢ û-ee the f is almost silent so pronounced like ee



Consonants
The Same (these two consonants basically remain the same no matter where they are placed in the syllable)
ㄴ"N"
ㅁ"M"

Aspirated consonants (say them with a "puff" of air when they are pronounced)
ㅋ "k" as in king
ㅌ "t"
ㅍ "p"
ㅎ "h"
ㅊ "ch"--end of the syllable-t
ㅅ**** "s"--end of the syllable-t
****becomes sh when followed by i, ya, yô, yo, yu

Unaspirated Consonants
ㄱ "g" at beginning of a syllable, "k" at the end of the syllable
ㄷ "d" at beginning of a syllable, "t" at the end of the syllable
ㅈ "j" at beginning of a syllable, "t" at the end of the syllable
ㅂ "b" at beginning of a syllable, "p" at the end of the syllable
ㄹ "l" at beginning of a syllable, "l/r" at the end of the syllable

One left out
ㅇ silent at the beginning of a syllable, ng as in sing at the end. i.e.: 영어 pronounced yông-ô, meaning "English"

Double Consonants
ㄲ "kk"
ㄸ "tt"
ㅃ "pp"
ㅆ "ss" ("sh" if it is at the beginning)
ㅉ "jj"

Mixed Doubles

ㄵnt
ㄶnh
ㄺlk
ㄻlm
ㄼlb
ㄽlt
ㅀlh
ㅄbt
ㄳlt
ㄾlt
ㄿlp

Alphabets
The whole alphabet, "the quick version"
ㄱga
ㄴna
ㄷda
ㄹla
ㅁma
ㅂba
ㅅsa
ㅇa
ㅈja
ㅊcha
ㅋka
ㅌta
ㅍpa
ㅎha

ㅏa
ㅑya
ㅓô
ㅕyô
ㅗo
ㅛyo
ㅜu
ㅠyu
ㅡû
ㅣi


The more complex version
ㄱ-기억
ㄴ-니은
ㄷ-디귿
ㄹ-리을
ㅁ-미음
ㅂ-비읍
ㅅ-시읏
ㅇ-이응
ㅈ-지읒
ㅊ-치읓
ㅋ-키읔
ㅌ-티읕
ㅍ-피읖
ㅎ-히읗


With this you can learn all the basic writing techniques. If you would like to learn how to type in Korean message me. I will make a lesson plan for that and eventually, I will post it on here.