Korean/RWP/Lesson 4

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Welcome back! This is the 4th lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers the rest of the basic Korean letters.

Contents 1 The vowel ㅜ (u) 1.1 Exercise 1.2 Exercise: writing practice 2 The vowel ㅓ (eo) 2.1 Exercise 3 The vowel ㅔ (e) 3.1 Exercise 4 The vowel ㅐ (ae) 4.1 Exercise 5 The consonant ㅎ (hieut) 5.1 Exercise 6 The consonant ㅈ (jieut) 6.1 Exercise 7 End of lesson 4

[edit] The vowel ㅜ (u)

ㅜ (u) stroke order

Sound sample of ㅜ (u) (help·info)

The first new letter is the vowel ㅜ (u):

Letter (jamo):	ㅜ
Pronunciation:	[u]

The vowel ㅜ is pronounced like the oo in boot. Similar in appearance to ㅗ (o) and 一 (eu), the vowel ㅜ (u) is wider than it is tall, so it is written below the consonant rather than next to it.

Letter (jamo):	ㄷ	=>	두
	ㅜ
Romanization:	d u		du

[edit] Exercise

The following Korean words contain ㅜ (u). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual.

You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual.

[edit] Exercise: writing practice

Try to write the following words:

[edit] The vowel ㅓ (eo)

ㅓ (eo) stroke order

Sound sample of ㅓ (eo) (help·info)

The next of the vowels to learn is ㅓ (eo):

Letter (jamo):	ㅓ
Romanization:	eo
Pronunciation:	[ʌ]

The vowel ㅓ is pronounced like the u in plus (IPA: [ ʌ ]) and transcribed as eo (think "surgeon"). Similar in appearance to ㅏ (a), the vowel ㅓ (eo) is taller than it is wide, so it is written next to the consonant.

[edit] Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:

Try translating the following words into Korean:

[edit] The vowel ㅔ (e)

ㅔ (e) stroke order

Sound sample of ㅔ (e) (help·info)

The next vowel to learn is the digraph ㅔ (e):

Letter (jamo):	ㅔ
Pronunciation:	[e]

The appearance the vowel ㅔ shows that it was originally a diphthong of ㅓ (eo) and ㅣ (i). Today, it is pronounced like the e in the Australian pronunciation of word bed and transcribed as e.

[edit] Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:

[edit] The vowel ㅐ (ae)

ㅐ (ae) stroke order

Sound sample of ㅐ (ae) (help·info)

The last vowel for this lesson is the digraph ㅐ (ae):

Letter (jamo):	ㅐ
Pronunciation:	[ɛ]

The appearance the vowel ㅐ shows that it was originally a diphthong of ㅏ (a) and ㅣ (i). Today, it is pronounced like the e in the American pronunciation of the English word bed and transcribed as ae.

[edit] Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:

[edit] The consonant ㅎ (hieut)

ㅎ (hieut) stroke order

Sound sample of ㅎ (hieut) (help·info)

The next consonant for this lesson is ㅎ (hieut):

Letter (jamo):	ㅎ
Pronunciation:	[h]

[edit] Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:

[edit] The consonant ㅈ (jieut)

ㅈ (jieut) stroke order

[[:Media:|Sound sample of ㅈ (jieut)]] (help·[[:Image:|info]])

The last consonant for this lesson is ㅈ (jieut), it is pronounced as a j or a ch:

Letter (jamo):	ㅈ
Pronunciation:	[ʥ]

[edit] Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:

[edit] End of lesson 4

If you learned the letters in this lesson, you are ready to go on to lesson 5, where you will learn some simple variations of the letters you already learned.

Consonants learned so far:

Basic 예사소리	Letter (jamo)	ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅇ	ㅈ	ㅎ
	Romanization Pronunciation	g or k [g] or [k]	n [n]	d or t [d] or [t]	r or l [ɾ] or [l]	m [m]	b or p [b] or [p]	s [s]	- or ng silent or [ŋ]	j or ch [ʥ] or [ʨ]	h [h]

Vowels learned so far:

Letter (jamo)	ㅏ		ㅓ		ㅗ		ㅜ		ㅡ	ㅣ
Romanization Pronunciation	a [a]		eo [ʌ]		o [o]		u [u]		eu [ɯ]	i [i]
Letter (jamo)	ㅐ		ㅔ
Romanization Pronunciation	ae [ɛ]		e [e]

Learn Korean (Introduction) Read, write, pronounce Korean: Course — Lesson 1 • Lesson 2 • Lesson 3 • Lesson 4 • Lesson 5 • Lesson 6 • Summary Orthography • Essential Pronunciation Rules • Advanced Pronunciation Rules Grammar • Conversation