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Let's learn about Korean Vowels!

In Korean words, vowels never go the first. But we have "o" which is a consonant has no sound when it goes first of words.

Thus, these “ㅏ” and “아” are the same in sound. But you should use the consonant "o" in writing.

Here, Im putting the letter "o" because I'd like to let you know the right place of vowels, which means the vowels go differently when those are combined with consonants.

You can find it out in the box below.

Korean Vowels

	basic		similar sound (in American English)		with /y/	combination method	similar sound (in American English)
1	아		father	2	야	ㅏ+- =ㅑ	yard
3	어		honest	4	여	ㅓ+- =ㅕ	yawn
5	오		go	6	요	ㅗ+- =ㅛ	yogurt
7	우		who	8	유	ㅜ+- =ㅠ	you
9	으		taken
10	이		teeth
	combination	combination method			with /y/	combination method
11	애	ㅏ+ㅣ=ㅐ	at	12	얘	ㅐ+- =ㅒ	yak
13	에	ㅓ+ㅣ=ㅔ	end	14	예	ㅔ+- =ㅖ	yes
15	와	ㅗ+ㅏ=ㅘ	watch	16	왜	ㅗ+ㅐ =ㅙ	wag
17	워	ㅜ+ㅓ=ㅝ	water	18	웨	ㅜ+ㅔ =ㅞ	wedding
19	외	ㅗ+ㅣ=ㅚ	weight
20	위	ㅜ+ㅣ=ㅟ	we
21	의	ㅡ+ㅣ=ㅢ	gooey

Check out the mouth shapes of basic vowels.

A lot of vowels we have!

But it's going to be easier when you understand the process.

Don't give up!! You can feel Korea and its culture more by understanding the language.

In addition, MANNAM has Korean class every Saturday. The time is 14:00~15:30, 16:00~17:30, and it's FREE!! : D

Please feel free to contact us if you want to join the class.

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Thank you.

(reference; Korean made easy for beginners)

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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