How to Speak Korean: 1. Learn Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. The alphabet is a good place to start when youre learning to speak Korean, especially if you hope to progress to reading and writing later on. Korean has a fairly simple alphabet, although it may seem strange to most English speakers at first because it is completely different than the Roman alphabet. 2. Learn to count. Knowing how to count is an essential skill in any language. Counting in Korean can be tricky, as Koreans use two different sets of cardinal numbers, depending on the situation: Korean and Sino-Korean, which originated from Chinese and has some of its characters 3. Memorize simple vocabulary. The wider the vocabulary you have at your disposal, the easier it is to speak a language fluently. Familiarize yourself with as many simple, everyday Korean words as possible - youll be surprised at how quickly they build up! When you hear a word in English, think about how you would say it in Korean. If you dont know what it is, jot it down and look it up later. Its handy to keep a little notebook on you at all times for this purpose. Attach little Korean labels to items around your house, such as the mirror, the coffee table and the sugar bowl. Youll see the words so often that youll learn them without realizing it! 4. Understand the forms of polite speech. It is important to learn the difference between the degrees of formality in Korean speech. Korean differs from English in that verb endings change depending on the age and rank of the person being addressed, as well as the social setting. It is important to understand how speech formality functions, in order to properly navigate polite speech. There are three major types in the degrees of formality: Informal - Used to address people of the same age or younger, especially among close friends. Polite - Used to address people older than the speaker, and in formal social situations. Honorific - Used in very formal settings such as on the news or in the army. Rarely used in normal speech. 5. Study basic grammar. In order to speak any language correctly, it is necessary to study the grammar particular to that language. There are several distinct differences between English grammar and Korean grammar, for example: Korean almost always uses the subject - object - verb order, and the verb always comes at the end of the sentence. 6. Work on your pronunciation. Korean pronunciation is vastly different from English, and it takes a lot of practice to be able to be able to pronounce words correctly.
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