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Alphabet

Korean 한글 han-geur
top to bottom, left to right

• 19 initial consonants always proceeds vowels
  • 14 single consonants:
    • ᄀ ᄂ ᄃ ᄅ ᄆ ᄇ ᄉ ᄌ ᄎ ᄒ ᄏ ᄐ ᄑ ᄋ
    • g n d l m b s j c h k t p v
  • 5 double consonants
    • ᄁ ᄄ ᄈ ᄊ ᄍ
    • gg dd bb ss jj
    • [q, td, bp, s, z]
  • q r x z
• 27 final consonants
  • ᆨᆩᆪᆫᆬᆭᆮᆯᆰᆱᆲᆳᆴᆵᆶᆷᆸᆹᆺᆻᆼᆽᆾᆿᇀᇁᇂ
  • g gg gs n nj nh d l lg lm lb ls lt lp lh m b bs s ss v j c k t p h
• circle - means no sound
• Double consonants
• Final consonants pronunciation bad-chim - cvc, with the tongue closing the airflow and not relieved
  • g as final, yag little stop, mi-gug, chaeg, gag [gaq] final sound dropped
  • n as final, han-gug, Pen pen, haen-deu-Pon cell phone
  • all consonants can be final except dd, bb, jj
  • dad [2] clean dropped
  • gar [er] as final
  • gam
  • bab [eb] clean
  • gis final sound dropped
  • gaj [2] clean dropped
  • euch [2] clean dropped
  • nyeoK [2q]
  • seoP [2]
  • joh-a [joa], noh-da [nota] no sound or usually combined with the next consonant
  • bang-Tan-so-nyeon-dan BTS
  • reu-se-ra-Pim
  • nagg [na2] clean dropped like nag
  • haess [hey2] clean dropped like haes
  • dae-han-min-geug [taehanmingeu2] Republic of Korea
  • nagg-si fishing
  • mid-eum belief/faith
  • os-geor-i clothes hanger
  • chich-da to bark, gach-da to have
  • gaT-da same, noP-da high
  • hae-jir-nyeoK sunset
  • joh-eun sa-ram a good person
  • ggeuT the end
  • jar-haess-eo-yo, yeo-reo-bun you did a good job, everyone
  • an-nyeong bye/hi
• Vowels: double strokes mean [y] sound, position to consonants
  • 5 next 아야어여이 a ya eo yeo i
  • 5 under 오요우유으 o yo u yu eu
  • wa, oe; wo, wi; yi
• Compound vowels - diphthongs, position to consonants
  • 4 next 애얘에예 ae yae e ye
  • 7 under 외와왜위워웨의 oe wa wae wi wo we yi [oi, oa, oae, ui, ueo, ue, eui]

Feel

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Charm

• na-bi butterfly
• do-si city
• a-gi baby
• Keo-Pi coffee
• ha-ma hippo
• o-i cucumber
• na-ra country
• u-ri us/we
• so-nyeo a young girl
• da-ri bridge, leg
• geo-mi spider
• a-ni no; a-ni-yo no (honorific)
• ba-gu-ni basket
• beo-seu bus, Pa-seu-Ta pasta, ra-ja-nya lasagna
• u-yu milk
• i-ya-gi story
• mo-ja hat
• yae-gi talk/story
• sae bird
• ne yes honorific form
• ye-bbeu-da pretty
• wae why
• gwa-ja snack
• wae-ro-wo lonely
• swe-i-keu shake
• we-i-Teo waiter
• yi-ja chair
• wi dwi up and behind
• jin-jja really?

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