Mac Tip: Typing in Korean

So you've made it to Korea. You're here, enjoying the sights and sounds of the country you'll be living and working in, and have even taken the next step and taken up learning Korean. But you keep running into problems when trying to type on your western-style keyboard.

If you have a Mac, you actually have a few options that will make it easier for you to type in Korean (not only for vocabulary practice, but when searching).

To activate the Korean language inputs on your computer, head up to the menu bar on your Mac. You'll see the current language set. If you don't have anything, but English selected (or your native language), hit the Open International option to bring up the menu.

This brings up a preference menu that allows you to toggle which languages you'd like to be able to type in on the computer. As you can see, there are several options for different kinds of input for Korean. I recommend selecting two: 2-Set Korean and HNC Romanja.

Simply close this window and go back the menu bar, and you'll find your two new additions. The 2-Set Korean transforms your keyboard into the standard Korean input (that you see on every computer in Korea). This is great for learning touch-typing, but for Western computers with Latin characters, it doesn't do us any good, since we don't have the characters on our keyboard. Thankfully, there's a virtual keyboard available. Just click on the Show Keyboard Viewer and it will pop up on your screen.

However, since this can be quite slow, I usually opt for the HNC Romanja. This allows you to input Latin letters and the computer changes them into Hanguel. Check it out:
• ng = ㅇ
• ss = ㅆ
• ai = ㅐ
• ngue = 워
• gamsamhabnida = 감사합니다
• ngannyenghaseingyo = 안녕하세요

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[KIngThechosen1]

i want to ask if you buy macbook from korea is the keyboard different?????? with hanguel and english change button etc

[qiranger]

@KIngThechosen1 Not a button like on the PC, but a software confingure button that allows you to switch. If purchasing a computer in Korea, they'll have both systems on the keys.

[4lajm]

where or how could I install the HRC thing that you were saying? Thanks...

[qiranger]

@4lajm It's in the International area of system preferences.

[skaterkid154]

How do you actually use the 2-set Korean? Any advice or recommendation for other sources would be great

[qiranger]

@skaterkid154 I'm not sure what you mean? If you have the 2-set Korean, then just type as you would normally and create Korean words. The layout is the same as a standard Korean keyboard.

[FannyMassey]

감사함니다! 정말도움 :)

[LadySilverWolfe]

영상을 사랑하십시오! 나는 한국어를 또한 말하고 읽는 것을 배우고 있다 :) thank you for the videos! :)

[calsta619]

you dont have hair

[andeeyyrawrr]

감사합니다, ㅏㅎ줏시 :)

[sillyhermy]

Your voice is so amazing!Daebak^^ I'm so excited that I have a choice to do this on my mac, but my system preference was accidentally deleted a year ago T.T so i can't change my keyboard setting.

[MsAhnKa]

I love your voice :)

[MrsChipsmore23]

ㅗ디ㅣ ㅑㅅ 재가!!!!

[lesleyburt]

I love you for this!