2. Hangeul (Alphabet) –Vowels

ByKorean Jream

Vowels

8 simple vowel sounds (21 total vowels)
Syllable: consonant + vowel + (consonants)
Vowels consist of 3 elements: heaven, earth, human

You use these 3 elements to make all the vowels!

Watch lessons about vowels here:

Short lesson about vowels:

Detailed LIVE class with many examples and pronunciation guides:

BASIC VOWELS

HOW TO MAKE [y-] DIPHTHONGS

Read the following words made of vowels only

VOWEL PRINCIPLE IN CELL PHONE WORLD

Remember all the Korean vowels are made of three elements: ㅡ, ㅣ, ·  ?
When cell phones first came out, Koreans phones had a unique system for typing with number keypads.

See the three elements of human, heaven, earth?
We used these to make all 21 vowels in the text!

If you press ㅣ+ · + · , it makes the vowel ㅑ.
If you press ㅇ + ㅡ + ·, it makes the syllable 우.
Phones automatically place vowels with ㅡ under consonants and vowels with ㅣ next to consonants.

우유 (milk)

서울 (Seoul)

안녕 (Hi)

COMBINING BASIC VOWLES TO MAKE DIPHTHONGS

하와이 (Hawaii)
스위스 (Swiss, Switzerland)

PRACTICE: Read the following words in Hangeul.

  1. 피자
  2. 커피
  3. 바나나
  4. 레고
  5. 토마토
  6. 마마무
  7. 코로나
  8. 마스크
  9. 비빔밥
  10. 소주
  11. 프랑스
  12. 브라질
  13. 웨이터
  14. 고기
  15. 의사

ANSWERS

  1. pizza
  2. coffee
  3. banana
  4. Lego
  5. tomato
  6. MAMAMOO
  7. Corona
  8. Mask
  9. Bibimbap
  10. soju
  11. France
  12. Brazil
  13. waiter
  14. /go-gi/ : meat
  15. /eui-sa/ : doctor

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