์๋ ํ์ธ์, ์ฌ๋ฌ๋ถ! Can you read this 8 Korean syllables by now? I guess you can guess to read 7 out of the 8 of these words already! Yes, we have come to the last 2 alphabets in the 24 Korean characters and this is a huge success for everyone who have come until this far. Let us have a 30 seconds of applause for the hardworking you before we start.
In this lesson post, we will learn another 2 aspirated consonants. Last lesson, we learnt three aspirated consonants that similar like (ใ , ใท, ใฑ) which are ใ , ใ , ใ . We are learning relative of ใ and ใ , while another is a special distinct character. Before we get into topic, please feel free to recap what you have learnt in the previous posts and remember to practice writing Hangul that you have learnt as you are free.
Refer to past lessons for a complete guide in learning Korean characters, Hangul step by step with #JomKoreanwithMawen!
Watch the video lesson first before making any notes referring to the written materials, especially on the correct pronunciation as the romanization is not always the best representation for the sound, especially on the difference of ‘ใ /ใ /ใ ’ and how to pronounce proper ‘ใ ’.
Are you familiar with Roman numbers? How do you write number 2 in Roman? It is like (II) right? You remember another written form of (II)? It is very similarly like the next consonant, which is ‘ใ ’. This consonant has similar sound region as you pronounce ‘ใ ’ (b) and ‘ใ ’ (m). The closest romanization for this character will be ‘p’, as you aspirated ‘ใ ’ (b) as you pronounce. I guess this is one of the easy characters to remember due to its shape and easy pronunciation.
Example
1. (ํผ)์ : pi-za (pizza)
2. (ํ)๋ฆฌ : pa-ri (flies/Paris)
3. ์(ํ)๋ค : a-peu-da (painful)
4. ๋(ํ)๋ : dae-pyo-nim (president)
Tadaa, last alphabets of the 24 Hangul characters will be our MyDaehan logo! Have you noticed the little cute icon up at beside your browser tab as you were browsing our website? It is ‘ใ ’, and indeed this consonant is quite ‘popular’ and common in Korean words, as you can see ์๋ ํ์ธ์, ํ์ดํ , ํ๊ตญ์ด, ํ๊ธ etc. This consonant is an aspirated consonant, of romanization ‘h’. This consonant can be pronounced without any help of teeth, tongue and throat, but just with a relaxed mouth and releasing air. Quite hard to imagine? Just remember it as a ‘h’ sound as it is quite similar.
Example
1. (ํ)๋ค : ha-da (to do)
2. (ํ)๋ : ha-neul (sky)
3. (ํธ)๋์ด : ho-rang-i (tiger)
4. ๋ฒ(ํธ) : beon-ho (number)
Well, this is worth celebrating like Christmas, right? Here comes the last 2 Korean characters with #JomKoreanwithMawen and you are officially completed first part of our Korean learning journey. Learning Hangul is a great start to master the Korean language because reading and writing is crucial and as a foundation for every language learning. I guess it has been not tough for everyone, right! Feel free to comment down below how do you feel as you have come here so far and I would like to know how my Korean babies are coping so far!
We will learn more advanced knowledge of Hangul, such as back consonant, double consonant and vowels combination before we get to reading practice! These can help us in understanding more complex structure of Hangul syllables and their correct pronunciation rule. Therefore, please stick with #JomKoreanwithMawen in IGTV, YouTube and MyDaehan to learn more Korean with us!
KEY OF SUCCESS IS REPETITION. Have you downloaded the worksheet and practice writing every new alphabets that you have learnt?
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