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Ten Basic Korean Vowels In the Korean language, there are ten basic Korean vowels. These vowels are otherwise known as moeum. The vowels are: a ya o yo o yo u yu u I pronounced as in apple pronounced as in yarn pronounced as in open pronounced as in young pronounced as in law pronounced as in yoke pronounced as in glue pronounced as in you pronounced as in book pronounced as in meat

14 Basic Korean Consonants The 14 basic Korean consonants are also known as chaum. It is important to note the apostrophes as these will give you the idea when to properly stress out the consonant. Proper stressing or aspirating is crucial since this will change the meaning of the word that you are trying to say. k or g n t or d r or r/n or l m p or b s/sh or t silent or ng ch or j or t ch or t k or k t or t p or p h or ng LearningKorean.info

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The basic consonants and vowels can be combined together to for simple words, such as those below that form one block of Korean characters: e wa wae wo wi pronounced as in pen pronounced as in ward pronounced as in wax pronounced as in work pronounced as in weep

There are also double consonants and complex consonants. Double consonants are spoken with more stress. These are pronounced with a quick puff of air or spoken with a higher pitch. Examples are: tt or dd ss or t

Complex consonants are those that are mostly found in the mid or final part of a word. Examples include: lg or k lm or m lb or p ls or l lt or l

Basic Korean Grammar Structure The basic Korean grammar structure differs from the normative English grammar structure. In English, the grammar structure is: subject verb object. However, in Korean grammar, the structure is modified to: subject object verb. Take the following examples: 1. English Structure: Korean Direct Translation: 2. English Structure: Korean Direct Translation: What are you doing? What do? Tonight, I will eat my dinner. Tonight, I (object) dinner (object) ate (verb).

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LearningKorean.info Basic Korean 101 Korean Verbs and Adjectives The use of Korean verbs and adjectives highly depend on the relation of the subject being discussed by the speaker. The conjugation of the verbs and adjectives is also dependent whether the situation calls for a formal conjugation (jondaemal) or informal conjugation (banmal). Examples: Formal Conjugation To drink To give Adverbs Korean adverbs are usually used in unlikely parts of the sentence. When translated directly from English, it may sound rather awkward. But in the Korean language, it is grammatically correct. Pronouns Korean pronouns are most of the time used in written form. It is rarely utilized in spoken Korean. Examples: Informal Conjugation , Formal Conjugation Informal Conjugation

I You He She We They His Her

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LearningKorean.info Basic Korean 101 Sentence Markers The unique thing about Korean grammar is that it requires the use of sentence markers. The markers include: subject markers, topic markers, and object markers. The markers serve as the cue for the role of the word being used in the context of the sentence.

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Learning basic words and phrases in the Korean language is a great first step in the learning process. English My name is _____.
I love you (informal)

Korean Translation je ireumeun saranghaeyo gwen-chahn-ah-yo? _______.

Are you okay?

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