Consonants  

 

ㄱ    [g]                      gloves

ㄲ    [que]                  queue (strong voiceless sound of ㄱ)

ㅋ    [k]                      cake

 

ㄴ    [n]                      nice

       

ㄷ    [d]                      design

ㄸ    [th, dd]               think, thank (without sticking out the tongue)

ㅌ    [t]                       talent

 

ㄹ    [라(r), 갈(l)]         Ramen, love

 

ㅁ    [m]                     mother

 

ㅂ    [b]                      boy

ㅃ    [bb]                    the mixed sound of ㅂ [b] and ㅍ [p]

ㅍ    [p]                      pie (Korean doesn’t have f sound)

 

ㅅ    [s]                       street

ㅆ    [S]                      strong voiceless sound of ㅅ

 

ㅇ    [아ϕ (silent), 강 η (ng)]    aunt,  young

 

ㅈ    [j]                              job

ㅉ    [jj/tzh]                       the mixed sound of ㅈ [j] and ㅊ [ch]

ㅊ    [ch]                           church

 

ㅎ    [h]                             house

 

 

*** Korean doesn’t have the [f] [v] [z] [x] and [th] sounds. 

 

 

 

 Let’s practice the consonants. 

Trace each consonant five times in the table.

ㄱ [g]	ㄱ	ㄱ	ㄱ	ㄱ	ㄱ
ㄲ[que]	ㄲ	ㄲ	ㄲ	ㄲ	ㄲ
ㅋ [k]	ㅋ	ㅋ	ㅋ	ㅋ	ㅋ
ㄴ [n]	ㄴ	ㄴ	ㄴ	ㄴ	ㄴ
ㄷ [d]	ㄷ	ㄷ	ㄷ	ㄷ	ㄷ
ㄸ[dd]	ㄸ	ㄸ	ㄸ	ㄸ	ㄸ
ㅌ [t]	ㅌ	ㅌ	ㅌ	ㅌ	ㅌ
ㄹ [r/l]	ㄹ	ㄹ	ㄹ	ㄹ	ㄹ
ㅁ [m]	ㅁ	ㅁ	ㅁ	ㅁ	ㅁ
ㅂ [b]	ㅂ	ㅂ	ㅂ	ㅂ	ㅂ
ㅃ [bb]	ㅃ	ㅃ	ㅃ	ㅃ	ㅃ
ㅍ [p]	ㅍ	ㅍ	ㅍ	ㅍ	ㅍ
ㅅ [s]	ㅅ	ㅅ	ㅅ	ㅅ	ㅅ
ㅆ [S]	ㅆ	ㅆ	ㅆ	ㅆ	ㅆ
ㅇ [ϕ/η]	ㅇ	ㅇ	ㅇ	ㅇ	ㅇ
ㅈ [j]	ㅈ	ㅈ	ㅈ	ㅈ	ㅈ
ㅉ [jj/tzh]	ㅉ	ㅉ	ㅉ	ㅉ	ㅉ
ㅊ [ch]	ㅊ	ㅊ	ㅊ	ㅊ	ㅊ
ㅎ [h]	ㅎ	ㅎ	ㅎ	ㅎ	ㅎ

 

 

Vowels 

 

ㅏ    [a]                            palm

 

ㅑ    [ya]                           yacht

 

 

ㅓ    [uh, eo]                     a cat

 

ㅕ    [yuh, yeo]                  yawn

 

 

ㅗ    [o]                             oil

 

ㅛ    [yo]                           yo-yo

 

 

ㅜ    [u]                             cookie

      

ㅠ    [yu]                           you

 

 

ㅡ    [eu]                           written

 

ㅣ    [i]                               feel

 

 

ㅐ    [ae]                           command

 

ㅔ    [e]                             commend

 

ㅒ    [yae]                         yay

 

ㅖ    [ye]                           yes

 

 

 

ㅘ   [wa]                           combination of  ㅗ + ㅏ

pronounce ㅗ +ㅏat the same time

 

 

ㅟ   [wi]                             combination of  ㅜ + ㅣ

pronounce ㅜ + ㅣat the same time

 

 

ㅝ   [weo]                        war

combination of  ㅜ + ㅓ

pronounce ㅜ + ㅓat the same time

 

 

ㅚ   [wae]                        wedding

combination of ㅗ + ㅣbut it is pronounced as [wae]

 

 

ㅙ   [wae]                        wedding

combination of  ㅗ + ㅐ

pronounce ㅗ + ㅐat the same time

         

 

ㅞ   [wae]                        wedding

combination of  ㅜ + ㅔ

pronounce ㅜ + ㅔat the same time

 

 

ㅢ   [eui]                           combination of  ㅡ + ㅣ

pronounce ㅡ + ㅣat the same time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pronunciation

 

• ㅐ[command] = ㅔ[commend] are pronounced almost the same.

 

• ㅒ[yay] =ㅖ[yes] are pronounced almost the same.

 

• ㅚ = ㅙ = ㅞ [wedding] are pronounced the same.

 

 

 

 Let's practice the vowels.
Trace each vowel five times in the table.

ㅏ[a]	ㅏ	ㅏ	ㅏ	ㅏ	ㅏ
ㅑ[ya]	ㅑ	ㅑ	ㅑ	ㅑ	ㅑ
ㅓ[eo]	ㅓ	ㅓ	ㅓ	ㅓ	ㅓ
ㅕ[yeo]	ㅕ	ㅕ	ㅕ	ㅕ	ㅕ
ㅗ[o]	ㅗ	ㅗ	ㅗ	ㅗ	ㅗ
ㅛ[yo]	ㅛ	ㅛ	ㅛ	ㅛ	ㅛ
ㅜ[u]	ㅜ	ㅜ	ㅜ	ㅜ	ㅜ
ㅠ[you]	ㅠ	ㅠ	ㅠ	ㅠ	ㅠ
ㅡ[eu]	ㅡ	ㅡ	ㅡ	ㅡ	ㅡ
ㅣ[i]	ㅣ	ㅣ	ㅣ	ㅣ	ㅣ
ㅐ[ae]	ㅐ	ㅐ	ㅐ	ㅐ	ㅐ
ㅒ[yae]	ㅒ	ㅒ	ㅒ	ㅒ	ㅒ
ㅔ[e]	ㅔ	ㅔ	ㅔ	ㅔ	ㅔ
ㅖ[ye]	ㅖ	ㅖ	ㅖ	ㅖ	ㅖ
ㅘ[wa]	ㅘ	ㅘ	ㅘ	ㅘ	ㅘ
ㅟ[wi]	ㅟ	ㅟ	ㅟ	ㅟ	ㅟ
ㅝ[war]	ㅝ	ㅝ	ㅝ	ㅝ	ㅝ
ㅚ[wae]	ㅚ	ㅚ	ㅚ	ㅚ	ㅚ
ㅙ[wae]	ㅙ	ㅙ	ㅙ	ㅙ	ㅙ
ㅞ[wae]	ㅞ	ㅞ	ㅞ	ㅞ	ㅞ
ㅢ[eui]	ㅢ	ㅢ	ㅢ	ㅢ	ㅢ