Korean/RWP/Lesson 4

토마스 다낭 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. The vowel ㅜ (u) ㅜ (u) ㅜ (u) stroke order.png Close back rounded vowel.ogg 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 Exercise The following Korean words contain ㅜ (u). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual. 두바이 city in the United Arab Emirates (Du-ba-i) Dubai 사우디아라비아 the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula (Sa-u-di-a-ra-bi-a) Saudi Arabia 불가리아 country in Southeastern Europe (Bul-ga-ri-a) Bulgaria 루마니아 another country in Eastern Europe (Ru-ma-ni-a) Romania 온두라스 country in Central America (On-du-ra-seu) Honduras 부산 the largest port city in South Korea (Bu-san) Busan 수리남 country in South America (Su-ri-nam) Suriname You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual. Exercise: writing practice Try to write the following words: Burundi Burundi -> Bu-run-di -> 부룬디 Uganda Uganda -> U-gan-da -> 우간다 Brunei Brunei -> Beu-ru-na-i -> 브루나이 Sudan Sudan -> Su-dan -> 수단 Ulsan Ulsan -> Ul-san -> 울산 The vowel ㅓ (eo) ㅓ (eo) ㅓ (eo) stroke order.png Open-mid back unrounded vowel.ogg 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. Exercise Try to translate these Korean words: 더블린 the capital of Ireland Deo-beul-lin -> Dublin 런던 the capital of the UK Reon-deon -> London 서울 the capital of South Korea Seo-ul -> Seoul 삼성 an electronics company Sam-seong -> Samsung 러시아 a country in Northern Asia Reo-si-a -> Russia Try translating the following words into Korean: bus (hint: beoseu) 버스 boiler (hint: boilleo) 보일러 dollar (hint: dalleo) 달러 mum (hint: eomma) 엄마 service (hint: seobiseu) 서비스 virus (hint: baireoseu) 바이러스 Oregon (hint: Origeon) 오리건 The vowel ㅔ (e) ㅔ (e) ㅔ (e) stroke order.png Close-mid front unrounded vowel.ogg 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. Exercise Try to translate these Korean words: 바레인 an island country in the Persian Gulf Ba-re-in -> Bahrain 라이베리아 a country on the west coast of Africa La-i-be-ri-a -> Liberia 게임 ge-im -> game 메인 the most northeastern US state Me-in -> Maine 말레이시아 a country in Southeastern Asia Mal-le-i-si-a -> Malaysia 세네갈 a country in West Africa Se-ne-gal -> Senegal 방글라데시 a country bordering India Bang-geul-la-de-si -> Bangladesh 바베이도스 an island in the South Atlantic Ba-be-i-do-seu -> Barbados 벨기에 a country in Europe Bel-gi-e -> Belgium 베닌 a country next to Nigeria Be-nin -> Benin 엘살바도르 a country in Central America El-sal-ba-do-reu -> El Salvador 그레나다 a country in the Caribbean Geu-re-na-da -> Grenada 델리 Capital of India Del-li -> Delhi The vowel ㅐ (ae) ㅐ (ae) ㅐ (ae) stroke order.png Open-mid front unrounded vowel.ogg 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. Exercise Try to translate these Korean words: 마이애미 a city in Florida Ma-i-ae-mi = Miami 댈러스 a city in Texas Dael-leo-seu = Dallas 샌디에이고 a city in California Saen-di-e-i-go = San Diego 대구 a city in South Korea Dae-gu = Daegu 댄서 a type of artist daen-seo = dancer 랩 a type of music raeb = rap 앨라배마 a state Ael-la-bae-ma = Alabama 메릴랜드 another state Me-ril-laen-deu = Maryland 네바다 another state Ne-ba-da = Nevada 로드아일랜드 one more state Ro-deu-a-il-laen-deu = Rhode Island The consonant ㅎ (hieut) ㅎ (hieut) ㅎ (hieut) stroke order.png Voiceless glottal fricative.ogg The next consonant for this lesson is ㅎ (hieut): Letter (jamo): ㅎ Pronunciation: [h] Exercise Try to translate these Korean words: 바하마 a country near Cuba (Ba-ha-ma) Bahamas 헝가리 a country in Central Europe (Heong-ga-ri) Hungary 도하 the capital of Qatar (Do-ha) Doha 하노이 the capital of Vietnam (Ha-no-i) Hanoi 하라레 the capital of Zimbabwe (Ha-ra-re) Harare 호놀룰루 a Hawaiian city (Ho-nol-lul-lu) Honolulu 상하이 a Chinese city (Sang-ha-i) Shanghai 햄버거 American food item (haem-beo-geo) Hamburger 오하이오 an American state (O-ha-i-o) Ohio The consonant ㅈ (jieut) ㅈ (jieut) ㅈ (jieut) stroke order.png Voiced alveolo-palatal affricate.ogg The last consonant for this lesson is ㅈ (jieut), it is pronounced as a j or a ch: Letter (jamo): ㅈ Pronunciation: [ʥ] Exercise Try to translate these Korean words: 나이지리아 an African Country (Na-i-ji-ri-a) Nigeria 아부자 the capital of Nigeria (A-bu-ja) Abuja 잠비아 another African Country (Jam-bi-a) Zambia 난징 a Chinese city (Nan-jing) Nanjing 바자 a street market (Ba-ja) Bazaar 이미지 a likeness (i-mi-ji) = image 미주리 a U.S. state (Mi-ju-ri) = Missouri 알제리 a north African country (Al-je-ri) = Algeria 벨리즈 a central American country (Bel-li-jeu) = Belize 브라질 a south American country (Beu-ra-jil) = Brazil 니제르 an African country (Ni-je-reu) = Niger 바젤 a burrowing mammal (ba-jel) = Badger 베이징 a Chinese city (Be-i-jing) = Beijing 브라질리아 the capital of Brazil (Beu-ra-jil-li-a) = Brasilia 제네바 a Swiss city (Je-ne-ba) = Geneva 로스앤젤레스 a U.S. city (Lo-seu-aen-jel-le-seu) = Los Angeles 대전 a South Korean city (Dae-jeon) = Taejon 자그레브 the capital of Croatia (Ja-geu-re-beu) = Zagreb 엔진 a moving force (en-jin) = Engine 재즈 a type of music (jae-jeu) = Jazz 메시지 a communicated idea (me-si-ji) = Message 오랜지주스 a breakfast beverage (o-raen-ji-ju-seu) = Orange Juice 소주 a clear liquor (so-ju) = Soju 조지아 a U.S. state (Jo-ji-a) = Georgia 루이지애나 a U.S. state (Ru-i-ji-ae-na) = Louisiana 버지니아 a U.S. state (Beo-ji-ni-a) = Virginia 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: hide the following: Vowels learned so far: hide the following: