2013/03/05

Interested in Korean? (1)

As a Korean teacher in MANNAM international, I would like to introduce about Korean Alphabets to you.

Today, I post the Consonants. Let's sound those alphabets correctly!
Are you ready? : )

Korean Consonants
Consonants
Sounds
Notes
1
ㄱ
 /g/ as in game
2
ㄴ
 /n/ as in name
3
ㄷ
 /d/ as in door
4
ㄹ
 /l/,/r/ as in lamp, rain
5
ㅁ
 /m/ as in mop
6
ㅂ
 /b/ as in boy
not using much air
7
ㅅ
 /s/ as in small
8
ㅇ
 /o/ as in ox
9
ㅈ
 /j/,/z/ as in jump, zoo
10
ㅊ
 /ch/ as in chocolate
with an explosive sound, using a lot of air
11
ㅋ
 /k/ as in kiss
12
ㅌ
 /t/ as in table
13
ㅍ
 /p/,/f/ as in pop, fan
14
ㅎ
 /h/ as in home
Doubles
Sounds tensed
15
ㄲ
 /kk/ as in Gotcha!
louder, harder and stronger, with a tight throat
16
ㄸ
 /tt/ as in Duh!
17
ㅃ
 /pp/ as in bad!
18
ㅆ
 /ss/ as in see
19
ㅉ
 /jj/ as in gotcha!


In detial,
method of pronunciation ⇨
liquid
nasal
soft
aspirated
tensed
location of sound ⇩
using lips
ㅁ
mop
ㅂ
boy
ㅍ
pop, fan
ㅃ
bad!
tongue touching alveolar ridge
ㄹ
lamp, rain
ㄴ
name
ㄷ
door
ㅌ
table
ㄸ
Duh!
air through teeth
ㅅ
small
ㅆ
see
with friction like /i/
ㅈ
jump, zoo
ㅊ
chocolate
ㅉ
gotcha!
with tongue in the palate
ㅇ
ox
ㄱ
game
ㅋ
kiss
ㄲ
Gotcha!
with the larynx like /h/
ㅎ
home


Does it help you? I am going to post Korean Vowels later.
Have a good day !

Reference: Korean made easy for beginners

댓글 4개:

  1. Thanks for such a great post!
    It's really good for learning Korean phnics.

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    1. Learning another language is difficult, but it'll be easy after following the course step by step!!

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    2. ^^ Thank u.
      hav a good day, sir.

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  2. It is such a good idea to memorize Korean consonant like this!
    Thank you for your good idea:)

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