learn korean alphabets(hangul maal) i hope dis information will help friends who r learning korean language Alphabet English Equivalent Extra Points Examples ㄱ An unaspirated ‘k’ at the beginning of a word, and a ‘g’ most of the time in the middle of words. By unaspirated, I mean that it’s not pronounced very hard, like the English ‘k’. 가! – ka – Go! ㄴ ‘n’ Made by almost biting on the tongue at the ends of words, and by placing the tongue behind the top teeth otherwise. 나 – na – I ㄷ Like, ㄱ, this consonant is like the unaspirated ‘t’ in English. It is a ‘d’ in the middle of words. 다 – ta – all ㄹ A mixture between the English ‘r’ and ‘l’. When between vowels, it is like a single rolled Spanish ‘r’ or like the ‘tt’ in ‘butter’ in some American dialects. If there are two of them together, it becomes a solid ‘l’. 가라! – ka-ra – Go! 달리 – tal-li – differently ㅁ ‘m’ 마음 – ma-ŭm – heart ㅂ An unaspirated ‘p’ at the beginning of words, and a ‘b’ in the middle of words. 반 – pan – half ㅅ ‘s’ When coming before the ee sound, it becomes an ‘sh’. 산 – san – mountain 시 – shi – poem ㅇ In the bottom of syllables, this character is like the English ‘ng’ without the ‘g’ sound. At the beginning of syllables, this character is just a place marker and has no sound. 잉어 – ing-ŏ – carp 영어 – yŏng-ŏ – English ㅈ Unaspirated ‘ch’ at the beginning of words, ‘j’ inside words. 자 – cha – ruler 자자 – cha-ja – Let’s sleep ㅊ Strongly aspirated ‘ch’. 차 – ch’a – car ㅋ Strongly aspirated ‘k’. 카페 – k’a-pe – Café ㅌ Strongly aspirated ‘t’. 탄내 – t’an-nae – burnt smell ㅍ Strongly aspirated ‘p’. 패 – p’ae – medal ㅎ ‘h’ Almost silent after ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅇ, between vowels. When it comes before or followsㄱ, ㄷ,ㅂ, or ㅈ, it makes the consonants aspirated: ㅋ, ㅌ,ㅍ, ㅊ respectively. 해 – hae – sun
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