Korean Lesson 2: Hangul Part 2: Basic Syllables 1

[coolberrycutie]

hello.. i'm a beginner at learning korean and i have some problems in speaking the korean language cause english and korean have different sentence structures. so i would like to know the difference of the two sentence structures and what is the korean sentence structure and speaking like. :)) khamsahamnida

[tokee1234567]

@coolberrycutie watch busyatomdotcom's vids on youtube. he focuses on some Korean grammar

[Zyrora]

theres a letter in Swedish thats prounonced exactly like ᅳ , the letter Ö

xD

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

@Zyrora are u sure because ö in german is pronounced like ㅚ phonetically [œ], I think in Swedish it can be also red [ø] but the Korean ㅡ is more like [ɨ] a so called close-central-unrounded-vowel, u better check that again, just to make sure

[Zyrora]

@KoreanLanguageNerd i come from Sweden so im pretty sure of it =_=

=P

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

@Zyrora I know that you are from Sweden and it is not so much your Swedish but my Korean pronunciation from 3 years ago I am doubting and in that case wikipidia gives me right search for Close-mid_front_rounded_vowel

and as we all know wikipedia is always right :P

[Saysana13B]

Great help, but there are no Latin characters to help represent the Korean ones. I had to sporadically look at a google'd chart of the letters. If you had included that, assuming that this is aimed towards English speakers, it would have been very helpful.

[tokee1234567]

@Saysana13B he has a video on how to read korean letters. I think assumes that people watch that first

[demonhybrid13]

what if you have two of the same letters next to each other in a single word. Their are some words like "Shee-yo" and "No-mu po-go shi-p'o-sso-yo" I know the o in No is supposed to sound like 'ah' and the o in Po, also the o in Sso. I just don't have that type of program on my computer. So could you please explain it to me.

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

@demonhybrid13 First yes you do have a program to write hangul it's called windows^^, second I m not sure what exactly the problem is, consonants can have a double consonant version "so" 서 or "sso" 써, "Shee-yo" is I guess 시요 . "No-mu po-go shi-p'o-sso-yo" 너무 보고 십었어요. However 십었어요 is pronounced as [시버써요] since the ㅇ works as a placeholder if preceded by consonant

[hacker8522000]

im lost

[AkaoKiyotsu]

Korean seems like it will take a lot more time to get used to than Spanish and even Russian.

[3mmiix3]

I can't understand it ^^

It's difficult -.-

Can someone help me , please???

[LooGuang]

Very useful thanks

[pepperonpaper]

How do I type korean? And what's the difference for pronouncation between ㅏ and ㅓ?

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

ㅏ is like "ah" or "luck"

ㅓ is like the o "oak" or "ore"

for the typing, there are many vids just put typing hangul and your OS (Windows, mac, etc.) in the search field and u will find a good explanation. And download a pic from google picture search "korean keyboard" should do the job. To see the key config.

[TokioHotelPao]

Thanks a lot for your explanation!... very nice!

[Raiden738]

i can't distinguish any difference betweenㅐandㅣ, can anyone help?

[dklhs90]

ㅐ is pronounced --> eh

ㅣ is pronounced --> ee

A normal person should have difficulty distinguishing between ㅐ and ㅔ.

[Raiden738]

got a bit mixed up lol probly ment to say that

[eac430]

yeah...

want to learn korean but can't understand that much/...

[jjryg]

korean language is very interesting....bcoz of korean dramas i want to learn more about there language..

i can write hangul now but i can't understand it

[Littlemiss369]

I dun understand

[r3bol]

I really like the practical, repetitive design of this lesson. I've just started Korean and was already reading ahead of the narrator.

Korean language is pretty easy so far.

[angezze]

Is it possible to fit 5 parts to a syllable? or it can only fit 4 in maximn?

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

actually yes, u can have double consonant at the 1st position like 따 (ㄷ+ㄷ +ㅏ)a duo vowel in the middle like 똬 (ㄷ+ㄷ +ㅗ+ㅏ) and even a double or 2 different konsonants at the end 똶 (ㄷ+ㄷ +ㅗ+ㅏ+ㄹ+ㅁ) would make 6 as maximum, just doesn`t happen very often^^

[EJ622]

very nice point 똶 can be written but has no meanings and used very rarely.. maybe to descrive foreign names..

in english it would be "twal~mmmm...!@#!#@$%@@^@&@&*" LOL

[Afrocanook]

KoreanLanguageNerd thanks for being so considerate in helping those of us interested in learning Hangeul.

[ILuuvXiah]

you are wrong. ㅐ and ㅔ are pronounced the same

they are both "eh" sound as in pen, den, hen, bet etc.

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

sry but thats simply wrong ㅐ [ɛ], derives from an a-i sound mutation while ㅔ [e], derives from an oe-i sound mutation. who ever told u that it´s the same, was wrong, but if u have any source materials please, show me. And if u don´t hear the difference then i feel sry for u but thats not changing facts, just try harder

[ILuuvXiah]

are you stupid. i'm full korean and i am fluent in korean. you are wrong.

if you really want an example here:

사랑해 which means i love you, and 어제 which means yesterday 해 and 제 are pronounced the same.

[AiwAnTahZaiU]

..-can i ask you some question??? you said that you're full korean right..????

..-can u tell me what is the english translation of the ff. korean words...

..-cheoreom

..-naegen

..-dongsaeng

..-sunbae

..-sarangi

...-thanks... ^_^

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

first no i m not, i m fully austrian but i guess my korean might do the job^^

in transkription its a little hard but let me guess

..-cheoreom 처럼 like something, the same as

..-naegen 내겐 (내게는) for me

..-dongsaeng 동생 younger sibling

..-sunbae 선배 older student, senior, like sempai in japanese

..-sarangi 사랑이 love

but without the context its kinda hard i hope it was helpful

[WanderingTimelord]

They used to be different sounds; most Koreans in Seoul now pronounce them the same (or at least close enough that you have to ask what the spelling is). However, there are some words where they are pronounced slightly differently (otherwise it would be ambiguous). For example, 네 and 내 which have opposite meanings! Pronunciation also varies regionally; I've noticed very little difference in Seoul, but in Busan, some people pronounce ㅐ and ㅔquite differently.

[takasora]

hmm from the other video i just watched the whole "e" thing... there are *subtle* (very *subtle*) differences, but also she said Koreans say it all the same--so you are both right and wrong =/

i understand how you think this if you were born and raised in America--it's a technicality.

[darine3]

its so difficult to pronounce but so easy to write

[lilpnoiboi2]

i though ㅔ was pronouced like "eh" as in "lET" and ㅐ was pronouced like "ae" as in "pAN"?

[nocommenter]

조주저즈자지...자지 = penis.....lol

[knyd87]

can i add 맛있다...

[alonsomo]

how can I type in korean on my computer?

[melr08]

it's either you can look it up on your computer settings,maybe on screen keyboard-korean might help if you have it,or you need a korean keyboard that has hangul on it.

[victimofsleep]

I feel that some parts are read wrongly, especially "uh". Why was it pronounced as ah?

Yes hangeul = korean language.

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

Ok it seems there is some confusion, no hangeul is not the same as korean language, it is the korean alphabet hence the term 한 (Korea), 글 (letters) like in 한국 and 글자, in Northkorea it would be called 조선글 since they call them selve 조선. And not to get confused with the terms they have for each other Northkorea in Southkorea is 북한 (Northern Southkorea) while vice versa Southkorea in Northkorea would be 남조선 (Southern Northkorea), pretty confusing ;-)

[jwjan]

the proper order of the vowels are "ㅏㅓㅗㅜㅡㅣ"

[mf0rz]

Well, It's not a phonemically ideal 'alphabet' ... so why would its order need stricture? That's silly!

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

Thx I totally agree

[jwjan]

what a silly thought lol. of course the order would matter. how the hell are u gonna be able to look up a word in korean dictionary if u dont care about the order.

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

You use the online dictionary like everybody else and yes i know the are not as complete as some of the better paper dictionaries but on a certain level you should use monolingual dictionaries anyways

[IAMS384]

I can't see them because i don't have korean installed on my computer... im trying to learn, but the order i say them are: ah ya oh yo ou you uh yuh oo ee

[jwjan]

your order is slightly wrong. It is: ah ya uh yuh oh yo woo yoo eu (impossible to express the sound in english) ee

[ghosthunters88]

oh by the way

Hangul=Korean

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

Hangul=Korean?

not that I know Hangul is the korean alphabet

[lwiza2000]

guma pseumnida shingo

[20chazzy07]

these are very helplful please put up more!!

[vivachilegringito]

You're teaching Hangul while speaking in English when English is not your first language. Props to you! Very helpful by the way!

[dreamerhyeng]

The order of vowels explained here are ㅗ ㅜ ㅓ ㅡ ㅏ ㅣ , is there any intention? We usually start with ㅏ followed by ㅓ ㅗ ㅜ ㅡ ㅣ

[KoreanLanguageNerd]

no not at all, its just like that on a korean

Keyboard, but i think it doesnt matter

[ellhow]

Very helpful!

[cheese4whack]

Make more of these please

[killaivonne]

i saw hangul , the word, be written different. why the "u" is different. is it a capital letter?

[Jimmu12345]

The korean or western "u"?