Korean chunks
Alphabet
Korean 한글 han-geur
top to bottom, left to right
- 19 consonants always proceeds vowels
- 14 single consonants:
ᄀ ᄂ ᄃ ᄅ ᄆ ᄇ ᄉ ᄌ ᄎ ᄒ ᄏ ᄐ ᄑ ᄋ
g n d r m b s j ch h K T P ng
- 5 double consonants
- ᄁ ᄄ ᄈ ᄊ ᄍ
gg dd bb ss jj
[q, td, bp, s, z]
- 14 single consonants:
- circle - means no sound
- Double consonants
- Final consonants
bad-chim
- cvc- all consonants can be final except
dd, bb, jj
gag
[gaq] final sound droppedgin
dad
[2] clean droppedgar
[er] as finalgam
bab
[eb] cleangis
final sound droppedgaj
[2] clean droppedeuch
[2] clean droppednyeoK
[2q]seoP
[2]joh-a
[joa],noh-da
[nota] no sound or usually combined with the next consonantbang-Tan-so-nyeon-dan
BTSreu-se-ra-Pim
nagg
[na2] clean dropped likenag
haess
[hey2] clean dropped likehaes
dae-han-min-geug
[taehanmingeu2] Republic of Koreanagg-si
fishingmid-eum
belief/faithos-geor-i
clothes hangerchich-da
to bark,gach-da
to havegaT-da
same,noP-da
highhae-jir-nyeoK
sunsetjoh-eun sa-ram
a good personggeuT
the endjar-haess-eo-yo, yeo-reo-bun
you did a good job, everyonean-nyeong
bye/hi
- all consonants can be final except
- Vowels: double strokes mean [y] sound, position to consonants
- 5 next 아야어여이
a ya eo yeo i
- 5 under 오요우유으
o yo u yu eu
wa, oe; wo, wi; yi
- 5 next 아야어여이
- Compound vowels - diphthongs, position to consonants
- 4 next 애얘에예
ae yae e ye
- 7 under 외와왜위워웨의
oe wa wae wi wo we yi
[oi, oa, oae, ui, ueo, ue, eui]
- 4 next 애얘에예
Feel
Mind
Act
Charm
na-bi
butterflydo-si
citya-gi
babyKeo-Pi
coffeeha-ma
hippoo-i
cucumberna-ra
countryu-ri
us/weso-nyeo
a young girlda-ri
bridge, leggeo-mi
spidera-ni
no;a-ni-yo
no (honorific)ba-gu-ni
basketbeo-seu
bus,Pa-seu-Ta
pasta,ra-ja-nya
lasagnau-yu
milki-ya-gi
storymo-ja
hatyae-gi
talk/storysae
birdne
yes honorific formye-bbeu-da
prettywae
whygwa-ja
snackwae-ro-wo
lonelyswe-i-keu
shakewe-i-Teo
waiteryi-ja
chairwi dwi
up and behindjin-jja
really?